China - Second Fujian Highway Project (Vol. 1 of 9) : Environmental Assessment Summary

E-254 REVISED VOL. 1 world Bank Loan Project ZHANGZHOU-ZHAOAN EXPRESSWAY & THE HER ROAD PROJECT Fujian Provincial Highway Project X . Tongjiang-Sanya National Highway Trunk Line People's Republic of Chini - ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT.-I, SUM--ARY ~~ -- - 4--s ~~~~., '~~~- - -~ 4~~~~V ~4X ;fZ Ng 4* ~ ~ ~ _ - ' V ..~ -De - V.V4~~~~~~~~~0  World Bank Loan Project ZHANGZHOU-ZHAOAN EXPRESSWAY & THE OTHER ROAD PROJECT Fujian Provincial Highway Project II Tongjiang-Sanya National Highway Trunk Line People's Republic of China ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT SUMMARY Fujian Provincial Communications Department April 1999  CONTENT I IN IIODUCTION .I............................. 1 1.1 Purpose of EIA .............. 1 1.2 Bases of EIA ............... 1 1.3 Scope and Standards of ELIA ............. .2 1.4 Procedure and Phase of EIA ..............4 2 ENGINEERING DESCRIPTION ..............5 2.1 Scope of the Project and Technological Indexes ...................................................5 2.2 Construction Scope ....................................................5 3 PRESENT ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT ..................................................7 3.1 Present Natural Environment along the Proposed Highway ..............................7 3. 1.1 Land Features and Topography ....................................................7 3.1.2 Meteorology ....................................................7 3.1.3 Hydrogeology ....................................................7 3.2 Assessment of Status Quo of Soil Erosion .............. .....................................7 3.3 Present Assessment of Lead Content in Soil and Crops ......................................8 3.4 Present Situation of Social Environment ..................................................8 3.4.1 Present Situation of Social Economic ...................................................8 3.4.2 Cultural & Historical Relics Investigation ............................................... . . 9 3.5 Living Environment Quality .................................................... 11 3.5.1 Assessment of Present Erivironmental Noise along the Alignment ...................... 11 3.5.2 Present Air Environment Quality . .................................................. 11 3.5.3 Present Water Environment ................................................... 12 3.5.4 Present Ecological Environment . . ......................... 12 4 PREDICTED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS & MITIGATION MEASURES13 4.1 Major Environment Impacts During Construction Phase ................................ 13 4.2 Social Environment Impact .............................................. 14 4.3 Acoustic Environment Impact .............................................. 14 4.4 Impact on Environmental Air Quality .............. ................................ 14 4.5 Impact on Surface Water Environment ................. ............................. 15 4.6 Environmental Impact of Interchanges and Link Roads .................................. 16 4.7 Environmental Impact of the Other Road Projects ........................................... 17 .1-  S ALTERNATIVE SCHEMES ....................................................... 19 5.1 Introduction of Engineering Schemes ...................................................... 19 5.2 Environmental Comparison of Schemes ...................................................... 20 5.3 Comparison Analysis on Alternate Schemes of Sensitive spots ............ ............ 25 6 ANALYSIS ON LOSS AND BENEFIT OF ENVIRONMENT ........................... 29 6.1 Estimation of EP Investment ......................... 29 6.2 Cost-Benefit Analysis of Environmental Protection Investment . ........ ... 29 6.3 EP Investment Estimation for the Other Road Projects .................................... 31 7 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND MONITORING PLAN ... 32 7.1 Environmental Management Agencies and Their Responsibilities .......... ........ 32 7.2 EP Agencies and Their Functions During Operation Phase ............................. 32 7.3 Major Issues in Environmentai Protection Management Plan ............. ............ 35 7.4 Environmental Protection Supervision Plan ...................................................... 40 7.5 Environmental Protection Staff Training ...................................................... 41 7.6 Environmental Monitoring Plan ...................................................... 42 7T6 1 Environm.ental Monitoring Plan in Construction Phase . ...................................... 42 7.6.2 Environmental Monitoring Plan in Operation Phase . ........................................... 43 7.7 Environmental Monitoring Plan of Other Road Projects .................................. 44 8 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION .................................................. 46 8.1 Investigation Subjects and Way of Participation ............................................... 46 8.2 Typical Consultations and Hearings ...................................................... 46 8.3 Statistic Results of Public Participation and Opinion Treatment ..................... 47 9 CONCLUSIONS ...................................................... 48 APPENDIX MAP 1. Sketch Map of the Distribution of Agriculture Area 2. Sketch Map of the Alignment & Environmental Monitoring Spots for Zhangzhou- Zhaoan Expressway 3. Sketch Map of the Layout of the Piling Sites of Construction Materials 4. Sketch Map of the Sensitive Spots along Zhangzhou-Zhaoan Expressway & Monitoring Spots of the Environmental Action Plan -2-  Figure 1-1 Location Map of Fujian Provincial Highway Project I Zhangzhou-Zhaoan Expressway & the Other Road Projects )tir,{i .,7 F 1 <iZ .1 kr l 2 ~~~~ ~~ 5H@J t-11 4 I A ,, ~ NgOUSI4IjIUy3~ iii inFug1ntiUnaAmmTS1g7 Ariny Ch I =.. - '\!y < w L,' -- Sili"a^tis-' n~~~~~~~~xiamea~ ~ osj-Thaou ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ enZ -gzhu tmeau - ,, . ' . iFt": *