China - Second Jianxi Highway Project : environmental assessment (Vol. 3 of 14) : Suichuan County connecting road : environmental action plan (third edition)

E-425 VOL. 3 People's Republic of China World Bank Financed Jiangxi No. 2 Highway Project Suichuan County Connecting Road Environmental Action Plan (Third Edition) Jiangxi Provincial Communications Department The World Bank Loan Project Office of JPCD December, 2000  People's Republic of China World Bank Financed Jiangxi No. 2 Highway Project Suichuan County Connecting Road Environmental Action Plan (Third Edition) Jiangxi Provincial Communications Department The World Bank Loan Project Office of JPCD December, 2000  Contents 1. Foreword . 2. Major Unfavorable Environmental Impacts ..................... ............................2 3. Environment Mitigation Measures ................................................4 3.1 Design Stage .................................................4 3.2 Construction Stage .................................................5 3.3 Operation Stage .................................................6 4. Environmental Management Organisations and Responsibilities .................... ............7 4.1 Implementation Organisation ................................................7 4.2 Environmental Management Plan .................................................9 4.3 Supervision Organization ................................................ 13 5. Environmental Monitoring Plan ................................................ 14 6. Management Strengthening and Environmental Training Plan .................................. 16 7. Implementation Progress and Cost Estimates............................................................. 17 Attached Figure 1: Geographic Position of the Proposed Road Attached Figure 2: Map of Alignment Strike _j_  1. Foreword The EAP (Third Version) for Suichuan lingking road of Gan-Yue Expressway (Taihe-Ganzhou Section) is compiled on the basis of the EIA (Third Version) for Suichuan linking road of Gan-Yue Expressway (Taihe-Ganzhou Section). The mitigation measures, monitoring and training plan have been discussed and have gained consensus among the Wner, the design unit, resettlement office and environmental management departments and Jiangxi Provincial Expressway Management Bureau. The EAP of this project will be organized for implementation by JPCD. While Jianfxi Provincial High-Class Highway, the World Bank Loan Project Office along with the Resettlement Office of Suichuang County Communications Administration will be in charge of the environmental protection measures in the design, construction and operation phase. The compiling basis of this EAP is: (I) "Environment Protection Law of the People's Republic of China"(December 26, 1989); (2) "Water and Soil Conservation Law of the People's Republic of China"( June 29, 1991); (3) "Land Administration Law of the People's Republic of China"(August 29. 1998); (4) "Law of Environmental Noise Pollution Prevention and Control of the People's Republic of China"(October 29. 1996): (5) "Law of Water Pollution Prevention and Control of the People's Republic of China"(May 15. 1996): (6) "Law of Air Pollution Prevention and Control of the People's Republic of China"(December 29. 1995): (7) "Law of Solid Wastes Pollution Prevention and Control of the People's Republic of China"(October 30. 1995): (8) "Law of Cultural Relics of the People's Republic of China"(Nov.19. 1982): (9) "Highwav law of the People's Republic of China" (Julv 3. 1997): (10) "Regulations Concerning Environmental Protection Management for Construction Project " (State Council Directive No.253. November 18. 1998): (I1)" Regulations Concerning Environmental Protection Management for Communications Construction Project" [(90) MOC Directive No.17]; (12) "Strengthening EIA Work for Construction Project with Loans from Financial Organizations". Document [1993] No.324. jointly issued by NEPA. State Planning _ I'_  Commission, the Ministry of Finance and People's Bank of China; (13) '"The World Bank Operational Manual"(OP/BP/GP4.01, March 1999); (14)"Regulations Concerning Environmental Protection for Construction Projects in Jiangxi Province" (April 29, 1995); (15) EIA of Gan-Yue Expressway (Taihe-Ganzhou) (third version) by Research Institute of Highway of MOC, December,2000. 2. Major Unfavorable Environmental Impacts (1) Ecological Environment (Including Soil erosion and Water environment) (OLand occupied by the road is about 818.4 mu, whose types are paddy field, dry farming land, pond, woodland and wild land etc. The road construction will make agricultural economy suffer a certain loss, but cannot have obvious impact on the distributing pattern of land and vegetation. (Z This proposed road is an improvement on the old road. Therefore, the impact on the landform caused by works as roadbed cutting and earth/stone filling is relatively small. O According to the survey. there are no wild animals sanctuary. neither distribution of rare and endangered animals and plants in the districts along the proposed road. The main impacts of this construction on vegetation are the woodland , fruit trees, flower. grass. bush and crops within the land acquisition area during construction. Meanwhile. aaricultural produce will also suffer from artificial felling. uprooting. burying and treadina. These impacts above can be mitigated by plantino