China - Second Fujian Highway Project (Vol. 7 of 9) : Longhai Baishui Bridge : Statement of Environmental Impact Assessment

E-254 REVISED VOL. 7 World Bank Loan Project LONGHAI BAISHUI BRIDGE The Other Highway Project Fujian Provincial Highway Project II Tongjiang-Sanya National Highway Trunk Line People's Republic of China Statement of Environmental Impact Assessment Minstr ofComuncaNNtionsOP April 199 ;1 W 1: IL XaphW"r#) A OMWNW kf Research Institute of Highway Ministry of Communications April, 1999  World Bank Loan Project LONGHAI BAISHUI BRIDGE The Other Highway Project Fujian Provincial Highway Project II Tongjiang-Sanya National Highway Trunk Line People's Republic of China Statement of Environmental Impact Assessment AcceSSiGn No. IoB No (FP N I +at - Lo I Action ftJ Icc FJLE(Co/aIPameorf#) LWCr GWVT ESWCtIG Aim Proc Research Institute of Highway Ministry of Communications April, 1999  Research Institute of Highway Ministry of Communications Director : Chen Guojing Chief Engineer : Xing Huichen Environment Protection Division Division Head : Ye Huihai Chief Engineer : Liu Shutao Project Team Leader : Shen Yi Project Team Member : Yan Xiaolin, Assisitant Research Fellow (EIA Profesional Competence Certificate, No. 0060 Beijing); Wang Fang,Engineer (EIA Profesional Competence Certificate, No. 0098, Beijing); Li Xiyun, Senior Engineer, (EIA Profesional Competence Certificate, No. 0907, Beijing); Final report compiled by Li Xiyun  Foreword Zhangzhou-Zhaoan expressway is an important section within Fujian province of the national trunk road from Tongjiang, Heilongjiang province, to Sanya, Hainan province. Zhangzhou-Zhaoan expressway connects other three expressways of Xiamen-Zhanngzhou, Quanzhou-Xiamen and Fuzhou-Quanzhou in the north, and the expressway of Shantou-Chaozhou, Shantou-Shenzhen in the south, forming an expressway corridor from the capital city of Fujian to Guangdong province, Hong Kong and Macao, linking the south-east area of Fujian province with the Zhujiang river delta area, to bring into full play of the imrnportant function of "window" opening to the outside world of the special economic zone in the area, which is of great significance to both Fujian and Guangdong provinces, as well as the coastal area's economic development. Zhangzhou-Zhaoan expressway is the Fujian Provincial Highway Project II with the World Bank loan. The Zhangzhou-Huaan road section (from Tankou to Chengguan) is one of the Other Highway Project of the Project II. The road project will further improve the road network condition with higher capacity to accommodate the increasing traffic to help speed up northern area's economic development of Zhangzhou. Entrusted by the project owner, the Research Institute of Highway (RIOH) of the Ministry of Communications (MOC) undertakes the environmental impact assessment for the attached project. In December, 1998, with the assistance from the project owner, the Fujian Communications Planning and Design Institute (FCPDI), and relevant departments of the local government, the EIA working group from the RIOH conducted an on-site investigation of the area along the road, visited such sensitive spots as villages, schools, hospitals and etc., canvassed opinions and suggestions of the public on the proposed road project, land acquisition and resettlement policy and the environmental protection measures, and collected materials relevant to the EIA work. In March, 1999 the EIA working group had discussions with the environmental expert from the World Bank, with amendments made to the Statement of EIA done in February, 1999, based on the advice from the expert. We would like express our appreciation to all those who gave us support to make the EIA work success.  Content 1. General Introduction I 1.1 Purpose of the EIA 1 1.2 Laws, regulations and documents as the basis of the EIA report 1 1.3 Assessment scope and time horizon 2 1.4 Assessment method and emphasis 2 1.5 Assessment standards 2 1.6 Classification of the EIA 4 2. Engineering Brief 5 2.1 Geographical location 5 2.2 Schemes of bridge site and type 5 2.3 Construction scale and technical standards 5 2;4 Traffic forecast 6 2.5 Estimation of investment and time schedule of construction work 6 2.6 Economic assessment and cot/benefit analysis 6 3. Environmental Conditions and the Current Status Assessment 8 3.1 Natural conditions 8 3.2 Investigation and assessment of current status of societal environment 9 3.3 Investigation and assessment of current status of ecological environment 9 3.4 Current status assessment of acoustic environment and ambient air quality 12 3.5 Recommended bridge scheme 13 3.6 Analysis of main environmental factors 14 4. Societal Environmental Impact and Prevention and Control Measures 16 4.1 Statement of societal environmental impact 16 4.2 Assessment of ecological environmental impact 17 4.3 Forecast and assessment of acoustic environment 20 4.4 Forecast and assessment of ambient air quality 22 4.5 Environmental impact prevention and control measures 24 5. Alternative Schemes and Recommended Scheme of the Bridge 28 5.1 Brief introduction to the schemes 28 5.2 Comparisons in terms of engineering factor 28 5.3 Comparisons in terms of environmental factor 29 6. Environmental Protection Management and Environmental Monitoring Plan 30 6.1 Environmental management organization 30 6.2 Action plan for environmental protection and management 31 6.3 Environmental monitoring plan 32 6.4 Environmental protection measures' cost estimation 32 2  7. Public Participation 33 8. Conclusions 34 8.1 Social environmental impact assessment 34 8.2 Ecological environmental impact assessment 34 8.3 Acoustic environmental impact assessment 34 8.4 Ambient air environmental impact assessment 35 8.5 Overall conclusion 35 Appendix Figure 1. Longhai Baishui Bridge ocation Appendix Figure 2. Layout of Longhai Baishui Bridge Site Appendix Figure 3. Alternative Bridge Site Scheme for Baishui Bridge Appendix 1: "Confirrnation of the Standards to be used for Environmental Impact Assessment for Zhangzhou-Zhaoan Expressway" [1998] No. 032 Document issued by the Fujian Provincial Environmental Protection Bureau Appendix 2: Public Participation Inquiry Form 3  1. General Introduction 1.1 Purpose of the EIA Highway construction is a kind of development involved with natural environment and resources with great social and economic implications. The construction of the highway and the highway traffic will cause a number of impacts on the natural and the social environment. The purposes of the EIA for this Project are as follows. (1) By description, forecast and assessment of the social, economic, natural and ecological environmental impacts, both in terims,of their scope and extent, arising from the proposed highway project in different stages of highway design, construction and operation, to provide the basis for optimized selection of the road alignment; (2) To set forth feasible preventive and protective measures so as to minimize the negative impacts caused by the highway project, in the stages of construction and operation of the highway, in terms of the pollution and local vegetation damages, and to provide recommendations for the environmental engineering design; (3) To provide supplement information and scientific basis for the environmental management and the development planning for the areas along the highway to promote sustainable development of social economic transport in harmony with the environment. 1.2 Laws, regulations and documents as the basis of the EIA report (1) "Law of Environmental Protection of the People's Republic of China"; (2) "Law of Water and Soil Retention of the People's Republic of China"; (3) "Land Administration Law of the People's Republic of China"; (4) "Law of the People's Republic of China for the Prevention and Treatment of Air Pollution"; (5) "Law of the People's Republic of China for the Prevention and Treatment of Noise Pollution"; (6) "Law of the People's Republic of China for the Prevention and Treatment of Water Pollution"; (7) "Regulations Concerning with the Environmental Protection and Management of Capital Construction Project", State Council Ordinance No.253; (8) "Notice to Strengthen the Environmental Impact Assessment and Management of Construction Project Financed by Loan from International Financial Organizations" jointly issued by SEPA, State Planning Commission, the Ministry of Finance and People's Bank of China in 1993; (9) Operational Directive (OD) 4.01 (1991) on Environmental Assessment, (World Bank); (10) Opertional Policies (OP) 4.01 (1999), Bank Procedures (BP) 4.01 (1999), Good Practices (GP) 4.01 (1999) on Environmental Assessment (World Babnk); (11) "Technical Guidelines for IEA", HJ/T2.1 - 2.3-93, HIT2A.4-1995 and HJ/T-  19-1997, SEPA; (12) "Measures Concerning the Environmental Protection and Management for Communications Construction Project" issued by the Ministry of Communications (13) "Specifications for Environmental Impact Assessment of Highway Construction Project" JTJO05-96; (14) "Engineering Feasibility Study Report for Longhai Baishui Bridge, the Other Highway Project of Fujian Provincial Highway Project II", made by Fujian Provincial Highway Planning and Design Institute, February, 1998. 1.3 Assessment scope and time horizon 1.3.1 Assessment scope The assessment scope of the project for ecological, noise and air environment is within the area of 200 meters from both sides along the central line of the proposed road, based on the features of the environmental impact at the stages of construction and operation of the road and the features of the natural environment. The assessment scope of the social economic environment is only in the areas with direct impacts. 1.3.2 Assessment time horizon According to the time schedule of the engineering work and the traffic forecast, the time horizon for the assessment shall be construction period and operation period with correspondent year of 2000, 2005, 2010 and 2015. 1.4 Assessment method and emphasis In the environmental impact assessment, the principle of "combining points with lines, representing road section with typical points" shall be adopted. Assessment of current status is based on survey and statistic analysis; with modeling and analogue methods for forecast and assessment of noise and ambient air impact; analogue method for water environment; survey and statistic analysis for social economic environment. Based on the EIA analysis, the impacts on water and societal environment during the construction period are taken as the emphasis of the assessment; and the environmental protection target is the Nanxi river water quality. 1.5 Assessment standards According to the document of "Confirmation of the Standards to be used for Environmental Impact Assessment for Zhangzhou-Zhaoan Expressway" [1998] No. 032 Document issued by the Fujian Provincial Environmental Protection Bureau, and the requirements set forth by the World Bank environmental expert, the standards used in the assessment are as follows: (I) The Class III standard in the "Surface Water Quality Standard" (GB3838-88) and "Marine Water Qyality Standard" (GB3097-1997) are used, as shown in Table 1-1 and Table 1-2 respectively. 2  Table 1-1 Water uality standard (Class III summary) (Unit: mg/L, except for PH) Item I PH Permanganate index CODcr DO Total Lead I Oil I SS * Standard value 16.5 - 8.5 < 6 20 25 S 0.05 0.05 15 ISO * water quality standard for agricultural irrigation water Table 1-2 Summary of Marine Water Qual Standard (Unit: mglL, exce t for pH) Class pH _ s COD DO Oil 7.5 - 8.5 man made increment S 10 5 2 > 6 S 0.05 li 7.5 - 8.5 man made increment S10 S 3 > 5 S