China - Second Anhui Provincial Highway Project : environmental assessment (Vol. 9 of 9) : S221 Xinqiao-Dabeibu section of local highway upgrading component : environmental impact report and environmental management plan

E685 Vol. 9 World Bank Financed Project Anhui Provincial Highway Project II S221Xinqiao~Dabeibu Section of Local Highway Upgrading Component Environmental Impact Report and Environmental Management Plan Project Management Office of rovincial unications Department Hefei Design & Researc of Coal Industry 100029sO FItE COPY 里 证书等级：甲级 证书簖号：国环评证甲字第2105号 颁发单位：国家环境保护总局 换证时间：2001年4月30日 Assessment Unit: Hefei Design & Research Institute, Ministry of Coal Industry Associated Unit: Hefei Municipal Environmental Monitoring Station Task Manager: Xiao Huashan Ren Jianfeng Name List of the Engineers Preparing the Report Name Title Work permission for environmental assessment Chen Jiru Senior engineer (Environmental assessment) Work permission No. A 0 1167 Ren Jianfeng Engineer (Environmental assessment) Work penmission No. A 0 1170 Xiao Huashan Engineer (Environmental assessment) Work permission No. A 0 1166 Liu Shishui Senior engineer (Environmental assessment) Work perfmission No. A 0 1165 Yan Detian Senior engineer (Environmental assessment) Work permission No. A 0 1169 Huang Shuqing Senior engineer (Environmental assessment) Work permission No. A 0 117 3 Guo Qixiang Se*or engineer (Environmental assessment) Work permission No. A 0 1171 i, Yi Engineer (Environmental assessment) Work permission No. A 0 116 8 Zhang Huden Engineer (Environmental assessment) Work permission No. A 0885 8 Publisher: Publishing House, Hefei Design & Research Institute, Ministry of Coal Industry CONTENTS 1. GENERAL DESCRIPTION ....................................................................................... 1 1.1 GENERAL DESCRIPTION ........ 1.2 AIM OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT ................ ................... 2 1.3 REPORT PREPARATION BASIS........... ................................... 3 1.4 ASSESSMENT CRITERIA ................................................ .4 2. GENERAL DESCRIEPTION OF THE CONSTRUCTION..................................... 9 2.1 GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION AND EXISTING HIGHWAY STATUS..................... .9 2.2 PROJECT NECESSITIES .....................4...... .......................14 2.3 TRAFFIC VOLUME PROGNOSIS ...................................... ....... 14 2.4 CONSTRUCTION CONTENT.......................... .................. .15 2.5 TECHNICAL STANDARD OF PROJECT DESIGN.. ............................... 15 2.6 BASIC PROCESS OF UPGRADING CONSTRUCTION........................ ......16 2 7 SOURCES OF BUILDING MATERIALS... .. ................................... 16 28 PROJECT INVESTMENT ESTIMATE AND FINANCING ARRANGEMENT ...... . ..... 17 2.9 PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION PLAN .......................................... 17 3. ENVIRONMENT DESCRIPTION ...................................................................... 20 3.1 NATURAL ENVIRONMENT ................... ......... 20 3.2 ECOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT ......................................... . 21 3 3 SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT ...... . .. 22 3 4 STATUS AND ASSESSMENT OF ENVIRONMENT QUALITY ......... ............ .. .23 3 5 ASSESSMENT OF THE EXISTING GUNIUJIANG NATURAL PROTECTIVE ZONE. ...... .. 26 3 6 CULTURAL RELICS .............. .............................. ... ... . ... 33 3 7 INVESTIGATION INTO INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION GENERATORS .. 33 4. ENVIRONMENTAL AFFECTION AND MITIGATION MEASURES.............. 34 4 1 IMPACT ON ACOUsTIc ENVIRONMENT QUALITY AND MITIGATION MEASURES ...... 34 4.2 IMPACT ON ENVIRONMENT AIR QUALITY AND MITIGATION MEASURES ............ 38 4.3 IMPACT ON THE SURFACE WATER AND MITIGATION MEASURES ............ .. ... 40 4.4 IMPACT ON ECOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT AND MITIGATION MEASURES . .. ......... ... 41 4.5 IMPACT ON NATURAL PROTECTION ZONE-GUNIUJIANG AND MITIGATION MEASURES 42 4.6 IMPACT OF TRAFFIC AND MITIGATION MEASURES ........... ..................43 4.7 MANAGEMENT OF CONSTRUCTION AND CAMPSITE................... . ........ 44 4.8 SOCIAL IMPACTS ... .. .44 4.9 OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUEs............ ........................ 45 4. 10 ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS ...................... 45 5. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AND INFORMATION DISCLOSURE................... 46 5.1 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION .......... ........................ ............ ..46 5.2 INFORMATION DISCLOSURE. .............................................. 49 6. CO NCLUSIO N.......................................................................................................... 53 7. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN..................................................... 55 7.1 COMPOSITION OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN .................... ..... 55 7.2 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION .. ............. .............. 55 7.3 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT COMPENSATION MEASURES ......... ................ 55 7.4 ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING PLAN. ..................................... 63 7.5 STAFF TRAINING ..................... ........................... ...... ..69 7.6 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION COST ESTIMATE................. ............. 69 Annex: Annex 1: Entrustment Letter on Environmental Assessment ...................71 Annex 2 Relative demonstration documents .............................73 II 1. General Description 1.1 General Description 1.1.1 Project Source The proposed S221Xinqiao-Dabeibu highway section is one of the five local counterpart highway upgrading components of Highway Project H (Tongling~Tangkou Expressway) which Anhui Province is applying for the World Bank to finance. This component is finally put forward out of 15 sections selected from more than 400 highway sections totaling 8000km long, based on comparison conducted by Anhui Provincial Communications Department of China. The criteria of selection for the highway maintenance component are : (1)Beneficial to the improvement of local transportation and economic development in the poverty stricken areas; (2)The average indicators (PQI) of road surface quality are low and the surface is poor, (3)The daily traffic volume is larger than 1500 vehicles;(4)V/C is over 1.0; (5) Local governments and people along the road have strong desires; (6) The road shall be upgraded on existing basis which shall not require huge quantity of construction; (7)The road sections are classified as Grade II-IV with the width of subgrade equal or less than 9m; (8) The section generates better social and economic benefits comparatively. IRR is over 20%. Table 1-1 shows that the proposed S221Xinqiao-Dabeibu highway section meets the above criteria. Technical Status of S221Xinqiao~Dabeibu Highway Section Table 1-1 Grade Surface status Local support V/C Daily vehicle (no) EIRR(%) VI poor support 1.66 1662 239 Extract from "Studies on Anhui Province Highway Project II Financed by the World Bank * Rural Road Upgrading Components " According to "Environmental Protection Management Rules of Project under Construction", 253rd order of the State Council, and "Environmental Assessment" (OP4.01), the World Bank Operational Policies and Guidelines, and coordinating the development of highway construction and environmental protection, Anhui Provincial Highway Administration Bureau, in April 2002, entrusted the job to Hefei Design & Research Institute, Ministry of Coal Industry, of environmental impact assessment on the upgrading project of S221Xinqiao-Dabeibu highway section. 1.1.2 Category of Environmental Assessment In line with the criteria set out in the World Bank "Environmental Assessment"(OP4.0 1), the environmental assessment of S221Xinqiao -Dabeibu highway section should be classified as class A in consistence with Tongling-~Tangkou Highway Project which environmental assessment is Class A. Therefore Environmental Impact Assessment report should be prepared. 1.1.3 Process of Environmental Assessment The assessment unit, after accepting the entrustment, set up an environmental assessment group in April 2002, aiming at fulfilling the task of environmental impact assessment. The group is composed of environmental engineers, environmental monitoring specialist, ecological expert and sociologist. From April to August of 2002, the group collected data relating with social and economic development in the project affected areas, existing status of highways and the project feasibility study With the cooperation of departments of highway administration, environmental protection, cultural relics administration and forestation, the completed work contains site visits, investigation, public participation, and consultation along S221Xinqiao - Dabeibu highway section, and also includes site investigation relating environmental status, environmental sensitive points and environmental status monitoring along the highway. Based on the site visits, data collection and status monitoring, the group conducted analysis, selection, conclusion and forecasting calculation and assessment, proposed corresponding protective measures and cost estimation and worked out environmental management plan, monitoring plan, the schedules of public participation and information disclosure. Finally the group prepared the draft "Environmental Impact Report" and submitted to the World Bank for review in August 2002. From October to November 2002, the group conducted investigation at sites again and revised the EIA according to the comments of the Bank pre appraisal mission. Now this version is the latest one. 1.2 Aim of the Environmental Assessment On the base of investigation into the natural and social environment and environment quality within the assessment range of S221Xinqiao-Dabeibu section, the group came to know the environmental status and relative environmental issues along the section. In the report, qualitative or quantitative anticipation analysis and assessment are made on the possible environmental impact to be brought by the project construction. The report points out the potential problems caused by the project and proposes effective and reasonable alleviating measure correspondingly. The alleviating measure shall be put into practice to reduce the environmental impact during the project construction and operation to the lowest degree. The following targets shall be reached as well. (1) rovide basis for the decision making relating the project, fairly and objectively identify and describe possible environmental impact during the construction as well as the impact range and degree, so as to assure the rationality and appropriation of the construction and operation of the project. (2) Investigation result shall be presented in the report based on the understanding towards the public opinions via the investigation along the section. The proper right and correct opinions shall be adopted during the project construction. (3) Various measures of prevention, alleviation and reduction to the lowest degree of the negative impact shall be proposed, established on the result of environmental impact anticipation and applicable compensation methods shall be proposed as well. The aim is to identify negative impact before the construction, include relative compensation and alleviating measures in finalizing the design document and bid contract, and put the measures into practice during the construction period (4) The environmental assessment shall work as decision making reference, provided to the highway administration Bureaus and local government institutions along the section in making environment administration plan and environmental development 2 programs. This report presents the conclusion of the environmental assessment with one independent chapter describing the environmental management plan. An independent conclusion of environmental assessment has been worked out, reflecting two parts of Tongling- Tangkou Highway, main highway route and local road upgrading components (including this component). The Chinese version of EIA shall be submitted to Environmental Protection Departments for approval in December 2002. This English version is the translation of the Chinese one. The Project Management Office of Anhui Provincial Communications Department assures that the English version is consistent with original Chinese version except some minors due to different cultures The preliminary conclusion of the environmental assessment and the latest version of EIA have been displayed in public places via local governments for local people and other concerned people review. 1.3 Report Preparation Basis 1.3.1 The World Bank Requirements (1) "The World Bank Operational Policies and Guidelines - Environmental Assessment"(OP4 01), the World Bank, January 1999. 1.3.2 The National Environmental Protection Laws, Regulations and Technical Standard and Guideline of Assessment (2) "Environmental Protection Law of the People's Republic of China", Dated on December 26, 1989 (3) "Environment Noise Prevention Law of the People's Republic of China" Dated on Oct. 29, 1996 (4) "Water Pollution Prevention Law of the People's Republic of China" Dated on May, 15, 1996 (5) "Air Pollution Prevention Law of the People's Republic of China" Dated on Aug. 29, 1995 (6) "Solid Waste Prevention Law of the People's Republic of China" Dated on Oct. 30, 1995 (7) "Soil and Water Conservation Law of the People's Republic of China" Dated on June. 29,1991 (8) "Highway Law of the People's Republic of China" Dated on July 3, 1997 (9) "Cultural Relics Protection Law of the People's Republic of China" Dated on Nov. 19, 1982 (10) "Environmental Protection Management Rules of Projects under Construction " 253rd order of the State Council, Dated on Nov. 18, 1998 (11) "Environment Protection Management Methods of Communications Project under 3 Construction"(90), 17h order of the Communications Minister (12) "Circular on the Management Work of Environmental Impact Assessment of the Projects Financed by International Financial Organizations" the State Environment Protection Agency, the State Planning Committee, Ministry of Finance and the People s Bank of China, 1993 (13) "The Circular on Environmental Management Work involving with Development Project in Natural Protective Zones", the State Environmental Protection Agency, 1999 (14) "Technical Guideline of Environmental Impact Assessment" HJ/T2.1 -2.3-93, HJ/T2.4-1995, HJ/T19-199 7, the State Environmental Protection Agency (15)"Environmental Impact Assessment Standard of Highway Project Construction(trial)" JTJ 005-96, the State Communications Ministry 1.3.3 Project Design Document and Relative Data (16) "Studies on Anhui Province Highway Project II Financed by the World Bank * Rural Road Upgrading Components ", prepared by Anhui Provincial Highway Survey and Design Institute, Oct. 2002 (17) "The Master Plan of Anhui Guniujiang State Level Natural Protection Zone", May 2002 (18) Relative data provided by Anhui Provincial Highway Administration Bureau and Shitai County Highway Administration Branch, Qimen County Highway Administration Branch, statistics and data collected on site. 1.4 Assessment Criteria 1.4.1 Environmental Assessment Range In accordance with Environmental Impact Assessment Standard of Highway Project Construction(trial), the assessment range is shown in the following Table 1-2. Environmental Assessment Range Table 1-2 No Assessment contents Assessment range 1 Social environment the area to be impacted directly by the highway section 2 Ecological environment The area within 200m away from both sides of the central line of the highway 3 Acoustic environment The area withm 200m away from both sides of the central line of the highway 4 Environment air The area within 200m away from both sides of the central line of the highway 5 Surface water environment The area within 200m away from both sides of the central line of the highway 6 Cultural relis, histoc sites, The area within 200m away from both sides of the central line of the highway 6 ~~landscapes_______________________________ 1.4.2 Assessment Factors Based on the analysis over the potential environmental impact sources and their impact, the assessment factors are selected as follows- (1) Social environment: social economy, living quality and cultural relics, 4 (2) Ecological environment: terrestrial vegetation, soil erosion; (3) Environment Noise: equivalent continuous A sound level(Leq); (4) Environment air: TSP, NO2, CO; (5) Surface water environment : BOD5, SS, CODcr. 1.4.3 Environmental Protective Targets According to investigation, S221Xinqiao-Dabeibu highway passes through a natural protective area - Trial area of "Guniujiang Natural Protective Zone", at Kl8+000- K25+000 section. With the only exception of that, there are not any other sections passing through natural protective zones and sight resorts. There are not any protective historical relics within the range of assessment in line with "Investigation Report on Cultural Relics Relative with "Tongling to Tangkou Highway Project" prepared by Anhui Provincial Cultural Relics Institute. So Guniujiang Natural Protective Zone is the main protective target together with nearby villages, towns, schools and'hospitals within 200m away along S221Xinqiao-Dabeibu highway section. The following table 1-3 shows locations of major villages and town. Table 1-4 shows detailed protective targets such as schools and hospitals. Locations of Major Towns and Villages along S221Xinqiao~Dabeibu Highway Section Table 1-3 No. name location distance from center of remark highway(m) 1 Wanjia village K3+000 20 3 households along the highway 2 Tianjiale village K8+400 30 5 households along the highway 3 Xiejia village Kl0+800 20 9 households along the highway Most are commercial houses and few 4 Chilmg town K15+5 00 - 20 households Most are commercial houses and few 5 Penglong town K34+200 20 households 6 Likou town K40+700 20 5 households along the lughway Investigation on Major Sensitive Points (Schools and Hospitals) Table 1-4 No School Name location Area () DistanceStudent(no) Staffing (no) center of the road 1 Shenteng Primary School K5+500 480 60 256 12 2 Guanglian Primary School Kl0+400 1500 120 32 4 3 Chilmg Central Primary School K16+700 1800 100 47 5 4 Xiangdong Primary School K31+800 1200 60 29 3 5 Penglong Primary School K36+800 3000 80 56 6 6 Huansha Primary School K42+300 1700 150 65 3 7 Dabeibu Primary School K51+600 900 60 44 4 Total 7580 529 37 No Hospital location Area (m Distance from wardbed (no) Staffing (no) (n center of the road 8 Chiling Central hospital K16+260 2500 150 30 21 9 Penglong town clinic K36+400 1460 40 15 18 Total 3960 45 39 5 Chiling Central Primary School Xiangdong Primary School Penglong town clinic Dabeibu Primary School Photos of Environmental Sensitive Points 1.4.4 Standard of Environmental Assessment The standard of environmental assessment is finalized as follows concerning the protective objects and the requirements of the World Bank. (1)Acoustic Environment Acoustic environment of schools and hospitals shall meet Class I and others reach Class IV set up in "Environmental Noise Standard in Urban Areas"(GB3096 - 93). Environmental noise during the construction period shall be fit for " Noise Limit of Construction Sites)(GB12523-90). Table 1-3 and 1-4 show the extractions of "Noise Standard of Industrial Enterprises" and " Noise Limit of Construction Sites". Assessment Standard of Environmental Noise (extracts) Table 1-5 Unit :dB(A) Type Daytime Night time Applicable range 1 55 45 Main location of urban residential districts and governmental institutions, reference for the environment of rural residential areas 4 70 55 Areas of both sides of main roads in the cities, areas of both sides of rivers crossing the cities Noise Limit of Construction Sites (extracts) Table 1-6 Unit : dB(A) Noise linut Construction period Noise generators Daytime Night time earthwork Soil shifter, excavator, shovel loader 75 55 Construction Mixer, rapping stick, electric saw 70 55 (2)Environment Air Assessment standard of environment air shall implement Class II of "Environment Air Quality Standard"(GB3095-1996). Table 1-7 shows the extracts. Air pollution discharge shall reach Class II of " Comprehensive Discharge Standard of Air Pollutants"(GB 16297- 1996). Environment Air Quality Standard(extracts) Table 1-7 Pollutants TSP NO2 CO BaP(P g/m) Concentration linut Daily average 0 30 0 12 4 00 0 01 (mg/m) Hourly average / 0.24 10.00 / (3)Surface Water Environment Surface water environment shall implement Class V of "Surface Water Environment Quality Standard"(GB3838-2002). Table 1-8 shows the extracts. Surface Water Environment Quality Standard(extracts) Table 1-8 Item CODcr BOD, standard (mg/1) 440 0 410 0 (4)Ecological Environment Assessment standard of soil erosion on the areas crossed by the highway shall implement "Classification and Grade Standard of Soil Erosion "(SL190-96). Table 1-9 shows the classification standard and Table 1-10 shows soil unit loss allowance. Classification Standard of Soil Erosion Intensity Table 1-9 Classification of soil erosion Average erosion modulus(t/km2 a) Average loss thickness (mm/a) Shght erosion <200, 500, 1000 <0 15, 0.37, 0.74 Lighterosion 200, 500, 1000-2500 0.15, 037, 0.74~1.9 Medium erosion 2500-5000 1.9-3 7 Heavy erosion 5000-8000 3 7-5 9 Very heavy erosion 8000-15000 5 9-11.1 severe erosion > 15000 >11 1 Note- Loss thickness is calculated on the base of soil unit weight 1.35g/cm3. Loss thickness could be calculated based on local soil unit weight Soil Unit Loss Allowance of Soil Eroded Areas (extracts) Table 1-10 Type ofAreas Soil unit loss allowance (t/km' . a) Southern red soil hilly area 500 1.4.5 Assessment Methods The assessment is conducted via the way of "concentration on points, combination of points and the section, overview of the whole ". The method of investigation and analysis is applied in the evaluation on society and living quality. The method of modulus calculation is applied in acoustic environmental assessment. The analytic method of comparison and anticipation is applied in environment air quality assessment. The analytic method is used in surface water assessment and ecological environmental assessment. 8 2. General Description of the Construction The World Bank Financed Highway Project II in Anhui province is located in the south of Changjinag river. Its geographic location is shown in the Drawing 2-1. The concerned area is backward in economy and relative poverty stricken countries are identified in the drawing 2-2. 2.1 Geographic Location and Existing Highway Status 2.1.1 Route Geographic Location S221 starts at Yinjiahui of Guichi city, connects G318 and ends at Dabeibu. Xinqiao- Dabeibu is one section, a provincal highway linking Shitai county and Qimen county of Anhui province. This project component starts at Xinqiao in Shitai county with the connection of state highway S325, leading toward Anqin city and Chizhou city in the north, and toward Jiouhua mountains and the resort of Taiping lake in the east, and ends at the connection with the state highway G326 in Dabeibu in Qimen county, leading toward Jingdezhen city and Nanchang city of Jiangxi province in the west, toward Qimen county, Xiuning county and Huangshan city in the east. The total length of the highway is 52km. 6.3km long in Shitai county, and 45.7km in Qimen county. The area affected by the highway amounts to 3300km2, covering 34 towns with the population of 295,900. The location of S22 1Xinqiao-Dabeibu section is identified in the Drawing 2-3. 2.1.2 Existing Highway Status 2.1.2.1 Direction of the Highway S221Xinqiao-Dabeibu section starts at Xinqiao town in Shitai County, passing southward through Chiling, Penglong and Likou, ending at Dabeibu in Qimen county, with the total length of 52km. The general direction is from north to the south. The detailed route and sensitive points are identified in the drawing 2-4 2.1.2.2 Technical Status S221Xinqiao-Dabeibu section is classified as Class IV of mountain area highways, with the subgrade of 9m wide and surface of 7m wide The maximum longitudinal slope is 8%. The road surface is poor. The average speed of vehicle is only 30km/h According to the monitoring data in 2001, the vehicle volume was 1662 n/d (equivalent to medium sized vehicles), and the traffic density was 1.66. This section is far behind the requirement of normal increase of transportation. The section to be upgraded is in urgent need Table 2-1 shows technical status of S221Xinqiao-Dabeibu section 9 Drawing 2-1 The Map of the project in AnHui Province --- Legend Capital of Province City - - Count y - --Boundery of Province - - Railway s:m Construeted Highway Ea Ea Construeting Highwa, -k- _ -r,-, Plande Highway - ens c===::2TongTang H ighway - --- Nati oral Way \ Project e EUR i N* MaA WuHu b e slnrn i gX an1 C i t sannn. i yg 0 Me .7...~ .CinCt Drawing 2-2 Second Anhui Highway Project Rural Road Improvement Program Choo s~~ kenkek uLos 31Tongheng 311- HU E I * /føYUexisa TongTng /Nannng u i. Gua e 1% tinghg Gingchn Ningguo A i1 (416321~~Wucan nagMn1nOn E, i ass ingde Pear coontggun ZHEJIANG Rueal Rad Networks -RES UNDER ONSTRUCTION .se. U XRESSTAT UNDER PL~ING SSections to be covered In ERIP (1)5325 ski tal--Qiao Tæn Dia, 4,;IIIIIIs (2)5322 J 1.9lai.~ Lin, 35,. 11 "4521BkgM1 ''" 9ýý l J A A*N G X I (5fi121 lin QUaeDa Del 14 52£=, II Poor country DrawingZ一3 The Map of 5221 XinQiao一DaBeiBu Highway in theproject 斗 ―ず Technical Status of S22lXinqiao-Dabeibu Section Table 2-1 Distance Road surface Wid (m) Max. name location (km) Road class status Pavement Surface Including terrain Slope(%) width shoulder Shitai. KO+000- 6.3 IV average done 7 9 mountain 8 county K6+300 Pimen K6+300- 457 IV average done 7 9 mountain 8 JCounty I K52+000 2.2 Project Necessities S221Xinqiao-Dabe1bu Section is located in Shitai county and Qimen county of Anhui province, poverty stricken areas. Shitai county is a state level poverty stricken county by the State Council , while Qimen county is a poverty stricken county by the provincial government (classification standard: net income per capita was less than 625 yuan/Cap - a on average in 2001). Shitai county had 57000 people in poverty in 2001, and average GDP per capita was 2281 yuan, 43.87% of Anhui province. There were 18500 people in poverty in Qimen county in 2001, where average GDP per capita was 4138 yuan, 79.59% of the province. Although railway is available in the areas but major transportation still relies on road The existing section is of low grade, narrow surface and poor quality, and cannot match the demands of economic development and transportation As a result it constrains local social and economic development and the improvement of people's living level. "Inconvenient transportation, slow information and narrow product market" are regarded as first factors constraining local development, said in the social appraisal report on the project affected areas, prepared by China's Ethnic Group Institute of Zhongshan University Although local villagers said it was convenient to go to school or hospital, this only refers to their range Actually they have do not have access to better education and medical treatment. Thus, Anhui Provincial Communications Department is applying for the World Bank loan to support the upgrading project of S22lXinqiao-Dabeibu highway section for the sake of improving highway status, capacity of access and local transportation conditions to the outside, and stimulating local economic development and bettering the people's life 2.3 Traffic Volume Prognosis The total observed traffic volume in 2001 was 1662 vehicles/d (equivalent to medium sized vehicles), according to "Studies on the Roral Road Maintenance Components" prepared by Anhui Provincial Highway Survey and Design Institute. Table 2-2 shows traffic volume prognosis. Traffic Volume Prognosis Table 2-2 Unit- No /day(MTE year 2006 2010 2020 2025 Bus and truck 2272 3114 6358 8590 Tractor 174 177 158 144 Total 2446 3291 6516 8734 14 Due to the poor condition of the road and backward economy, there are not many vehicles and not many big and middle sized vehicles passing by. This section is mainly served for transportation within the area and outside of the area Most vehicles come from transportation sectors, governmental departments and agencies and enterprises. 2.4 Construction Content The project belongs to technically upgrading construction, one of five local road maintenance components of Anhui Highway Project II in China. The construction of the component shall include: widening and enforcing subgrade and surface, and paving the surface with asphalt within the land occupation of the highway. The project shall not require any land acquisition and resettlement. 2.5 Technical Standard of Project Design 2.5.1 Technical Standard of Highway Design (1) Highway class and geographic classification: Class II and III highway in the mountain areas. (2) Road surface width: 7.0-9.0m, subgrade designed for flood frequency: 1/50. (3) Designed load of bridge: vehicle-20, calculation load trailer-100. 2.5.2 Road Surface Structure Proposed structure. 3cm fine granular asphalt concrete + 4cm medium sized asphalt macadam + 1 cm seal coat + 15cm cement stabilized gravel (basic layer)+36cm mixed gravel (bottom layer). The proposed structure shall be reviewed and approved after design and calculation 2.5.3 Major Construction Quality Table 2-3 shows the major construction quantity of the section. Major Construction Quantity of S221Xinqiao~Dabeibu Highway Section Table 2-3 No Item unit quantity Length km 52 1 subgrade Earthwork I 01m, 50 excavation Protection works 101m, 35 2 surface Length km 52 Asphalt surface layer 10-mr 374 3 bridge Use existing bndges 4 Culvert Use existing culverts 5 Traffic engineering and facility km 52 6 greening km 52 15 2.5.4 Major Technical Indicators before and after Road Improvement According to the Road Maintenance Components Study, S221Xinqiao~Dabeibu highway section is designed as Class II and III highway in the mountain area. Table 2-4 shows technical indicators before and after road improvement. Major Technical Indicators of Highway Surface before and after Construction Table 2-4 Length Before Construction After Construction (kn) Class Surface width(m)l Surface type Class Surface width(m) Surface type 52.00 IV 6 Asphalt surface II and M 7.0-9.0 Asphalt oil 2.6 Basic Process of Upgrading Construction Drawing 2-2 shows the basic process of upgrading construction of S221 Xinqiao-Dabeibu highway section. Existmng road Longitudinal and gradient Improve drainage and subgrade improvement and transverse adjustment i, protection facilities Henforcement Delivery for use --- Improve road facih it i and Lay asphalt on surface I F signs Drawing 2-5 Process of Upgrading Construction 2.7 Sources of Building Materials The construction of S221Xinqiao-Dabeibu highway section shall need materials, mainly including macadam, sand, cement and asphalt. All these materials shall be procured from markets. According to relative environmental protection law of China, stones and sand should be procured from those who own mining licenses. The environment issues produced by sand pits and stone pits are the business of the owners who are responsible for the rehabilitation of its ecological environment. Table 2-5 shows sources of major materials via investigation. Major Material Sources and Transportation Status Table 2-5______ ____ Matenal name Material source Transportation distance(km) Way of transportation Access to materials Macadam Qunen county 35 automobile Procure from market Sand Qimen county 35 automobile Procure from market Cement Nmgguo Cement Plant 145 automobile Procure from market Asphalt Wuhu 168 automobile Procure from market 16 2.8 Project Investment Estimate and Financing Arrangement Investment estimate of S221Xinqiao-Dabeibu highway section is RMB104,000,000 Average unit cost is estimated RMB2,000,000/km. The project shall be composed of the World Bank loan and provincial counterpart funds. The World Bank loan would account for 40% (RMB41,600,000) of the total investment, and the provincial counterpart fund would account for the 60% (RMB62,400,000). 2.9 Project Implementation Plan According to the construction plan, the project environmental assessment and project design shall be fulfilled from April. 2002 to May 2003; the project procurement shall be completed from June 2003 to September 2003. The construction shall fully start in October 2003, complete and operate in October 2005. The construction period shall cover 24 months. The upgrading project contains 3 construction sections as follows: the first section is kO+000-kl7+00, the second is kl7+000-k34+000 and the third is k34+000- k52+000. Table 2-6 shows the project implementation plan. 17 Project Implementation Plan Table 2-6 Impleentation 2002 2003 2004 2005 time 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1112 1-12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Contents Feasibility study Environmental Essessment Project design Competitve Bidding Construction Completion and cceptance Note: Construction in Guniujiang Natural Protective Zone shall take place in August 2004~November 2004. 19 3. Environment Description 3.1 Natural Environment 3.1.1 Topography S221Xinqiao-Dabeibu section passes through Shitai County and Qimen county in the southern mountain areas of Anhui province. Most part lies in Qimen County. Shitai and Qimen are neighboring countries and have similar features. The following concentrates on the environment of Qimen county. The county has the features of mountains, in general, high in the north and lower in the south. It has high mountains, low mountains, hills, basins, and narrow valleys, crossed together. The peak of the county is Guniujiang, reaching the elevation of 1727.6m. 3.1.2 Meteorological Phenomena and Climate Anhui province is classified as the transition belt between warm temporary zone and sub-tropical zone. Qimen county belongs to sub-tropical humid monsoon zone, with warm weather, plentiful rainfall and distinguished four seasons. The average sunshine is 1557.1b/a. The weather is suitable for the growth of tea. Table 3-1 shows the major meteorological parameters of the cities and counties in project areas. Qimen County Meteorological Parameters of Project Areas Table 3-1 Names of city and Yearly average Frost-free Major wind Yearly average wind county temperature(*C) period(d) direction speed(n/s) Qunen County 156 16609 234 NW 1 3 3.1.3 Soil and Vegetation Mountain land and Yellow soil are the main soils of the project area. This type of soil is the important base for natural secondary forestation and forest development in the province. The whole area is classified as the vegetation belt mixed of broad-leaved forest and broad-leaved evergreen. According to the investigation, the highway crosses mountain area with good forestation vegetation. Many trees grow on the road sides, namely, Chinese sweet gums, parasols, camphor trees and Chinese tallow trees In the forest, majorities are China firs, pine trees, bamboo, oaks etc There are some paddy rice, vegetables and tea along the highway, but not much. 3.1.4 Water Resources Status Qimen county is rich in water resource with 325.5km as total length of rivers Qiupu river and Lishui river cross the highway The county has the total water reserve of 130,000kW, of which, 35,000 kW could be utilized, and 3900kW has been exploited. Table 3-2 shows the hydrological data of the rivers crossed by the highway section 20 Hydrological Data of Rivers Crossed by S221Xinqiao~Dabeibu Highway Section Table 3-2 River name(bridge name) Hydrological parameter 50 year frequency River width (in) Flow (m3/s) 510 Qiupu nver(zhaohe bridge) Water level(m) 187 95 24 Fastest speed (m/s) 6 5 Flow (m3/s) 1214 Lishu river Water level(m) 121.50 52 Fastest speed (mi/s) 7 0 Note- The data are provided by Qimen County Water Resource Bureau. 3.1.5 Natural Resources Qimen county and Shitai county are both poverty striken counties in the southern areas of Anhui province. However these counties enjoy plentiful forestation resource and huge reserve of porcelain. They are also famous for side production of mushroom and edible fungus. The well known "Qimen black tea", once wining Panama golden medal, is produced in Qimen county. The state-level Guniujiang Natural Protective Zone is forming a very important base of scientific visit and research in China. 3.2 Ecological Environment 3.2.1 Natural Ecological Environment Qimen is the key base for forestation in Anhui province, having high mountains and dense forest, where natural increase quantity of timber is 180,000m3 , and forest coverage rate is 38 1%. There are various species of wild animals and plants too as follows. Rare wild plants: Chinese tulip trees, golden larch; Fruit trees: kiwi berry, red bayberry, date; Chinese drugs: Qishu, Duzhong, Tufuling, Bajiaoqinpan; Wild animals of the state protective level. sika deer, leopards, pangolins, civets. In the river basins of valley, there are Pallas pit viper, cobra, green bamboo snakes and Bungarus multicinctus Part of the section passes through Guniujiang natural protective zone at the state level. Qimen county Forestation Bureau has issued "Investigation Demonstration Letter Regarding Natural Protective Zone, Wild animals and Plants along S22lXinqiao~ Dabeibu Highway Section" and pointed that the highway improvement shall not involve road widening and would not cut forest, which would not affect the natural ecological environment. The report presents the assessment of the status and impact of Guniujiang natural protective zone It is identified in the investigation of Shitai County Forestation Bureau, there is a ginkgo tree over 100 years old in Shenteng village, 50m away from the side of subgrade of the section. 3.2.2 Agricultural Ecological Environment Qimen County, many mountains but little farming land, has 8418 ha of cultivated land, 3.82% of the whole area, per capita area, 0.045ha; water surface area, 3736ha, per capita 21 area, 0.020ha. Suitable climate makes Qimen a place full of resource, particularly for the growth of Qimen black tea. In addition to the forest and paddy rice land, there are large areas of tea garden as well. The main crops along the section are paddy rice, wheat and oil crop, of which the land for paddy rice accounts to 60% of total. The people living along the route raise buffalo, cattle, goats, chicken, ducks and geese etc. The raised aquatic products of the project areas include bighead, crucian, carp, grass carp, crab, shrimp and turtle, over 60 species in total. There are some gardens of forest, tea, and fruits. Local farmers plant cabbage, pepper, pumpkin and white gourd. The project shall not involve with any land acquisition and resettlement and therefore shall not generate negative affection on agricultural ecological environment. 3.2.3 Soil Erosion Status According to the classification of soil erosion type of China, mountain land and Yellow soil are the main soils of the project area with hydrodynamic erosion as the main feature. It is identified in the data provided by Qimen County Water Resource Bureau, that water and soil loss of Qioushui river is 45m2, 11% of the area along the highway, where hydrodynamic erosion modulus is 3318 t/kM2 . a; that water and soil loss of Lishui river is 45m2, 21.45% of the area along the highway, where hydrodynamic erosion modulus is 2311 t/km2 - a As specified in "Classification and Grade Standard of Soil Erosion (SL 190-96), Qiupu river is medium eroded area while Lishui river is slightly eroded area 3.3 Social Environment Table 3-3 presents the basic social and economic indicators of Qimen County and Shitai county which shall be affected by the upgrading construction of S221Xinqiao-Dabeibu section Sitai county is a poverty stricken county at state level while Qimen county is a poverty stricken county at provincial level. Table 3-4 presents per capita GDP of Anhui province, Shitai County and Qimen County, showing that per capita GDP of Shitai county and Qimen county only accounts for 43.87% and 79 59 % of the province separately. Poor transportation condition, less information and limited goods circulation are regarded as reasons contributing to the lower level of per capita GDP of the counties. The project is believed to create more opportunities of access into markets and competition to the farmers and improve local economic status via upgrade existing transportation conditions. The highway is the main transportation methods in the project areas. Every administrative village has connected local rural road with the municipal and county highway, and has access to the electricity. The municipal and county governments lay stress on water conservation facilities and therefore the project areas have sound irrigation and drainage system, capable of resisting against flood and drought. 22 Basic Information of the Project Areas in 2001 Table 3-3 m Slutal County Qimen county Anhui province Poverty striken area yes yes / Populatio1000Total 11.08 18.51 6328 In poverty 5.77 1.85 5000 Population in poverty accounting to that of the 1.16 0.37 100 province(%) GP (100million) First industry 1.03 2.31 753 5 Second industry 0.55 2.64 1414.7 Based on the price of the y Third industry 0.95 271 1121 9 Total 2.53 766 3290.1 First industry 40.7 30.2 22 9 percentage(%) Second industry 21.7 34.4 430 Third industry 376 356 34.1 Per capita Income of farmers (yuan) 1152 2042 2014 Note First industry refers to agriculture. The second industry refers to fields of mining, manufacture, power, coal, water production, building The third industry refers to fields of circulation and service sectos Comparison of Per Capita GDP in 2001 Table 3-4 Name Anhui Province Slutai County Qimen County Per capita GDP(yuan/a) 5199 2281 4138 percentage(%) 100 43.87 79.59 The project construction shall improve the capacity of the existing transportation and increase input and output of the materials and amount of people flow, resulting at bringing more opportunities of development and social and economic benefits which shall in turn alleviate local poverty status. 3.4 Status and Assessment of Environment Quality The environmental status has been investigated along the highway, including sensitive points, industrial pollutants and special environment. Hefei Municipal Environmental Monitoring Station, on entrustment, has monitored environmental quality of environmental noise, environmental air and surface water from June 26, 2002-June 28, 2002. The distribution of monitoring points is shown in Drawing 3-1. 3.4.1 Environmental Quality Monitoring and Assessment 3.4.1.1 Acoustic Environmental Status The sensitive points are identified by the project group through investigation as 7 schools, 2 hospitals and 4 village monitoring points (commercial houses along the section in Chiling town and Penglong town are not taken as sensitive points). Table 3-5 shows the finding of environmental monitoring. 23 Drawing3一2 The Plane Figure and Funetion dividing chart of GuNiujiang national nature Pre,eVe 細 Monitored Record of Environment Noise Status along S221Xinqiao-Dabeibu Highway Section Table 3-5 Distance from Noise grade[dB(A)] Traffic volume (No/h) type No Monitoring point location central line of' Night remark highway(m) Day Night Day time time time time I Shenteng K5+500 60 447 397 42 4 A row of one-storey houses of parallel with the road, on the west side Primary School 2 Guanglian K10+400 120 452 40 1 40 3 A two-storey building, parallel with the road, on the west side Primary School 3 Chiling Central A two-storey teaching buil' parallel with the road, on the westsiwe- Primary School K16+700 100 432 39 1 53 6 with two single-storey houLsl lying between the building and the highway. Xiangdong School 4 Primary School K31+800 60 453 394 44 2 A row of one-storey houses, parallel with the road, on the east side hospital 5 Penglong primary K36+800 80 450 403 41 3 A row of one-storey houses, parallel with the road, and on the east side 6 Huansha Primary K42+300 150 43 9 401 37 5 A two-storey teaching building parallel with the road, on the east side School 7 Dabeibu Primary K51+600 60 476 42.5 54 8 A two-storey teaclung building, parallel with the road, on the east side, - School with a two-storey building in its front. 8 Cluling Central K16+260 150 46 1 398 45 2 On the west side of the road, with houses in its front Hostipal 9 Penglong town A clinic building, parallel with the road, with wards at its back, on the clinic K36+400 40 465 416 38 2 east side of the highway I Wanjia village K3+000 20 483 416 44 4 3 households, parallel with the road, on the west side 2 Tianjiale village K8+400 30 472 400 42 3 4 households parallel with the road, on both sides of the highway, I villa-- household of lateral line with the highway 3 Xiejia village K10+800 20 494 422 52 5 9 households on both sides of the highway, facing different directions 4 Likou village K40+7 488 42 1 40 3 3 households , parallel with the road, on both sides of the highway, 2 I I I households facing the road laterally Evaluation criteria Schools, hospitals meet Class I of GB3096-93: daytime55 0, nighttime 45.0. Villages and towns implement Class Wof GB3096-93: daytime7O.O,mghttime55.0. Note: The traffic volume is not converted to the equivalent of medium vehicle 25 Table 3-5 shows the range of environment noise along the section, daytime 43.2- 47.6dB(A), nighttime 39.1-42.5dB(A), achieving the limits of Class I stipulated in "Environmental Noise Standard in Urban Areas"(GB3096 - 93). The quality of environment noise of major environmental sensitive points along the highway is good. 3.4.1.2 Environmental Air Chiling town and Dabeibu town are selected as air monitoring points and the following is the record of the monitoring. Table 3-6 shows that average daily concentration value of TSP, average hourly concentration value of NO2 and CO of sensitive points are both below the limits of Class II set in "Environment Air Quality Standard" (GB3095-1996). The record means the quality of environment air of sensitive points along the highway is good. Monitored Record of Envimnment Air Status along S221Xinqiao~Dabeibu Highway Section Table 3-6 Concentration value range of major pollutant(mg/m3) No Monmtoring point Location TSP NO2 CO 1 Chilmg town K16+700 0.04-0.13 0.015~0.025 2 35-2 77 2 Dabeibu town K51+600 0 08-0.16 0 017-0 032 2.22-2 96 Evaluation criteria (GB3095- 1996)Class II 0 3 0 24 10 0 Note: The above TSP is the average daily concentration value range NO2 and CO are average hourly concentration value range 3.4.1.3 Surface Water Environment Table 3-7 shows the monitored record of major rivers crossed over by the highway, that is Qiupu river and Lishui river. Monitored Record of Surface Water Environmental Status of S22lXinqiao-Dabeibu Section Table 3-7 River name Concentration value of major pollutant(mg/1) CODcr BOD, SS Qiupu river 886 140 240 Lishui nver 787 1 21 10 8 Evaluation cntena(GB3838-2002)Class V <40 10 / Table 3-7 presents that concentration value of CODcr and BOD5 of the major pollutants contained in the water body of Qiupu river and Lishui river are below the limit of Class V classified in "Surface Water Environment Quality Standard" (GB3838-2002) The water body of major rivers along the highway is proved of good quality 3.5 Assessment of the existing Guniujiang Natural Protective Zone The section of the project passes through Guniujiang Natural Protective Zone at 26 K18+000-K25+000. The ecological system of forestation is the main body of the zone. This protective zone was finalized by the provincial government in 1982, and classified as the state protective level by the State Council in 1988. Now the work of revising the master plan for the zone development is undergoing. The following is the basic status of the zone 3.5.1 Basic Status Guniujiang Natural Protective Zone lies in the crossing area of Shitai and Qimen counties, north latitude 290 59'02" ~30006'05" and east longitude 1170 15'32"- 1170 34'43", west of Huangshan mountain range. The main peak is 1727.6 m high. The latest programmed area of protection is 18535hm2, of which 9539hm2 in Shitai county and 8996hm in Qimen county. 3.5.1.2 Natural Conditions (1) Topographic Features Guniujiang Natural Protective Zone belongs to transitional belt of Yangzi hollowness and Jiangnan platform uprise in geographic structure. Its major Guoniu huge hill-Dali mountain, affected by multi cycle movement, has formed into typical fold block mountains in Anhui province. The rock contains complicated elements. There are granite, phyllite slate and limestone. The main peak is apparent surrounded by low mountains. The shape is stiff in the south while smooth in the north. (2) Climate Guniujiang Natural Protective Zone locates in the north of medium and subtropical zone, classified as monsoon area of subtropical temperate and damp zone. Due to the complication of terrain with big gap between height and lowness, the protective zone has the features of low temperature, much rainfall, high moisture and apparent vertical changes (3) Soil The horizontal area of Guniujiang Natural Protective Zone has yellow and red soil. Ecological and climate vertical distribution is obvious as the altitude declines. Soil has differences too, forming mountain soil vertical belt: mountain grassland soil (over 1650m altitude or smooth place of top), mountain yellow and brown soil (over 1100m altitude), mountain yellow soil (middle place of 700-1100m altitude), Yellow and red soil (below 600-700m altitude or mountain ranges). (4) Hydyology Guniujiang water system development is the top watershed of Changjiang river, Qiupu river and Houhe river. The south and north of the mountain belong to Changjiang river. The surface water is generally neutral, soft with good quality. 3.5.2 Classification of Protective Functions Drawing 3-2 presents the classification of protective, functions of Guniujiang Natural Protective Zone. 27 Drawing3一1 XinQiao一DaBeibu Highway Section Environment Monitoring Location 礫引 3.5.2.1 Core Area The core area is 3266hM2 (I 987hM2 in Shitai county, 1279hM2 in Qimen county), accounting to 17.62% of total protective area. There are original forestation vegetation and complete forestation ecological system in the core area with the concentration of wide animals and plants and no habitation. This is the place for visitors aiming at observation with the permission of the forestation sector. No activities are allowed such as lumbering, hunting, excavation, tourism, mining, construction or similar activities that might affect the natural resources and environmental management. 3.5.2.2 Buffer Area The buffer area is 3360 hm2 (1160hm2 in Shitai county, 2200hM2 in Qimen county), accounting to 18.13% of total protective area. The buffer area lies just outside of the core and is a newly classified functional area in the program. The buffer area has well kept original forestation vegetation and works as the protective and buffer belt for the core area. Scientific study and observation are allowed in this area Permission shall be applied for other activities for approval. 3.5.2.3 Trial Area The trial area is 11909hM2 (6392hM2 in Shitai county, 5517hM2 in Qimen county), accounting to 64.125% of total protective area. The trial area covers all the area except the core and buffer zone. Natural secondary forestation vegetation is well kept in the area and less destroyed by human beings. There are a few habitants in the area. Within the relative law, some activities are allowed such as scientific research, teaching, visit and raising rare animals and plants. 3.5.3.4 Road Program in the Protective Zone According to the program, 7 roads with 50km long shall be constructed in Guniujiang Protective Zone; another 2 roads, Dayan-Zhangjiayan, Chiling-Guanyingtang shall be improved covering the total length of lOkm. In view of this, the upgrading project of S221Xinqiao-Dabeibu Section is in consistence with the program of Guniujiang Natural Protective Zone 3.5.3 Assessment on the Status 3.5.3.1 Natural Ecology Guniujiang Natural Protective Zone locates in the transitional belt from damp middle subtropical zone in the east toward north subtropical zone, where ground layer is old, terrain is complicated, water resource is rich, and there are not many people. The zone has many biological species with huge quantities. The vegetation type and regional system have special features. Natural ecological system structure is complicated and complete Natural comprehensive system is verified and typical too. Ecological relation is well coordinate and stable which reflects internal relationship of ecological system and rules with external environment. (1) Diversification of Biological species The protective zone has become a complicated 29 place for growth and development of different plant groups because of its topography and changeable climate. Thus vegetation varieties and biological species are of difference. According to investigation, there are 32 plant groups of 9 vegetation types, 180 families, 627 categories and 1210 species, accounting to 87.8%, 76.8%, and 50.3% of those in the province respectively. There are 26 kinds of snakes, of which most are poisonous, and hence a name of "Kingdom of Snakes". (2) Plants System Complication Guniujiang plant area has typical subtropical zone and warm zone. Among 575 seed plants in Guniujiang, 306 categories are of subtropical zone and warm zone, 60.8% of the total. East Asia is typical according to geographic elements, of which East China variety is outstanding. However plants of South China are rich in Guniujiang too, such as Wumei katus, Duying, tuber bean, onmosia henryi, Sanyechinan, Maytea, Small leaves tea, Houpixiang, Fujian Jiamaowei, Yueshe grape etc. Plants of Middle and southwest China are Shiqinggang, Mixing shiqinggang, Heyeqinggang, Xichuanpu, Idesia, Yinqueshu, Jiachouli, Maanshu, Luananshu, Luanmu, Shanguaizao and Bajaolian etc. There are not many plants of North China, like Oriental oak, Wingceltis, Tiannuhua, Ailanthus altissima, Wujiaofeng, Slender acanthopanax Wujia, Chuisiweimao, Huaxiang, Selfheal and Tawny daylily. (3) Completion of Ecological System The forestation vegetation of Guniujiang Protective Zone is kept very well The vegetation cover 95% and forestation cover 90% of the area. The forest grows there very well and has formed a stable forestation ecological system. The zone enjoys a huge ecological quantity, rich production power, complicated structure, active energy flow and material circulation and good coordination of structure with function, which not only adjusts climate, purifies air and water body, accumulates water resource, protects soil and beautifies environment, but also reserves and protects and raises a huge amount of animals, plants and micro organism. Each subsystem has its complete structure and function, and smooth coordination and growth, and has developed into a perfect and interrelated comprehensive body. Under the affection of the whole system, the zone has good environmental quality, and heavy metals and organic chlorine contained in the surface water is much lower than the standard of the state. Soil loss is also minor in the area. Even in the flood season, the stream water contains little sand if no serious storm. In addition, the zone is not affected by pollution since there are few human beings' activities. (4) Scientific Speciality Firstly, there are many rare animals and plants, 16 species of plants and 29 species of animals at the state protective level of class I and II; 16 species of plants and 30 species of animals at the provincial level of class I and II. Besides, there are rich aicient and famous trees, various flowers and grasses, fine trees for use, valuable medical drugs and rare furs of animals. The place has the name of "the kingdom of snakes". Secondly, the distribution of ammals and plants is typical. Yongban vine, Anhui Yuyebaochun and Anhui Arbor are special plants of the protective zone. Huge quantities of southern plants like Wumei katus, tuber bean, onmosia henryi and red bark tree only grow in Guniujiang. Thirdly, the plants have special features: some typical broad leaves forests such as Mi sweet oak, sweet oak, katus, Mian katus, Wuju katus, Goulie oak, Sanye chinan bushwood, are kept well in this area and rare in other places Wild jujube forest growing in the zone is rarely found elsewhere. 3.5.3.2 The Protective Zone Management Status Guniujiang Natural Protective Zone was once wholly under the management of Huangshan city and now its part in Shitai county is under the management of Chizhou city while the part in Qimen county is under the management of Huangshan city due to the later change of administration regions. Dayan protective station in Shitai county and Chilingkou protective station in Qimen county are responsible for corresponding protective area. Five 30 protective points have been established, named Zhangjiayan, Wangwu, Guanyingtang, Lixiwu and Chilingkou 37 6km long of fire protective belt and one observation tower have been set up Some necessary vehicles of fire protection command and patrol motor-bikes have been equipped. Road has been constructed in some areas. Since the establishment of the protective zone in 1982, there has never been any fire disaster or dispute regarding forestation and mountains in the zone, which effectively protects the completion of the forestation ecological system and variety of animals and plants and provides good environment for the life of rare animals. Stele of Disseminating Fireprofing Tower of Watching Silvan Fire Photos of Guniujiang Natural Protective Zone 3.5.4 Management Rules of Guniujiang Natural Protective Zone 3.5.4.1 Principles and Targets Management principles and targets in the protective zone have been stipulated Principles of protection management: (1) Protection shall be practical and based on the protective status; (2) making good use of completed construction, (3) combining ecological measures and construction measures to protect origmnal ecological environment, (4) Any protective project must benefit the exiting of ecological groups, keep the richness of species, increase stabilhty and variety of biological species; (6) strengthening the propaganda of protecting biological variety to aware people's consciousness; (7) Relying on law for the protection management. The targets of the protection management establishing forestation safety protection network system, keeping good coordination of protection with development, achieving sustainable development for the forestation environment to make forestation resource available forever. 3.5.4.2 Protective Measures The major assignment of the protective zone is to protect the completion of ecological system of Guniujiang forestation and biological variety of "East China Species Gene Pool". Corresponding different measures shall be carried out according to differences of animals, forestation vegetation and environment. The following measures have been conducted or shall be carried out in the aspect of protection management. (1) Strengthening the construction of protection management network system. Based on the five protective points, Shuangkeng protective point shall be set up. In addition to Xiaochilingtou protective post, another 19 protective posts of Shili, Zaishan, Jugengling etc. shall be established as well. A protective management network system shall be composed of 1 protective management bureau, 2 protective stations, 6 protective points and 20 protective posts. (2) Enforcing the propaganda to aware people's consciousness. Propaganda relative with laws and regulations are broadly carried out via, various forms *including signing traditional contracts to aware local people's consciousness. The concerned communities are covered under the management range. Target responsibility system has been set up, taking protective points as unit so as to increase the efficiency of protection. (3) Enforcing the power of law; spending efforts on regulation making; completing law related mechanism; relying on law for protection management; strengthening public safety police substations of forestation of Dayan town and Chilingkou town and equipping them with necessary equipment to meet requirements. (4) Protection targets have been worked out and protection responsibilities have been divided, in accordance with typical ecological system of natural forestation, the requirements of rare animals and plants and classified functional areas, so as to achieve complete protection. The closed type management is conducted in the core area to forbid human beings' disturbance and protect rare animals and plants which nearly vanish, in order to keep the completion of ecological system of original forestation, Controlled type management is carried out in buffer area to limit human beings' activities; Planning type management is carried out in the trial area, rationally organizing business and production, disposing the relationship between protection and development. Cutting and hunting are not allowed in any cases. As for forestation, the mountains are closed for forest protection and to rehabilitate the belt with ever green broad leaves trees. An active rehabilitation plan for existing single vegetation in Xianyushan, Shili, Lixi, Chilingkou is carried out via closing mountains, raising forest and manual upgrading measures etc. (5) Fire protection. A reliable and quick and efficient fire protection system shall be established. Fire must be perished at the very beginning to reduce the loss to the minimum. The forest management system shall consist of fire warning system, telecommunication system, monitoring system, fire prevention system, fire protection team and equipment. (6) Pest prevention. Pest prevention equipment and appliance are equipped. Monitoring stations play big role in regular pest monitoring. Any chemical prevention measures are forbidden in core area; ecological prevention measures are taken in trial area In the buffer area, strict control is conducted over external trees transplanting in. Timber of package is forbidden to leave in the area so as to protect the variety of ecological system of forestation and benefit the pest prevention of the ecological environment. (7) Environmental pollution control. Environmental assessment is made for all projects, 32 forecasting the future result, alleviating the negative affection of pollution, noise and destruction on ecological environment to the minimum. The regulations of forbidden entry and limited entry are practiced in the core and buffer areas. Motor vehicles are forbidden to enter the core and buffer areas. Any activities of mining, quarrying, digging, cutting polluting air and water resource that might affect environment are not allowed in the protective areas. Residential wastewater must be treated and then discharged. Solid waste are delivered away for landfill outside of the zone. 3.6 Cultural Relics There are not any cultural relics along S22lXinqiao- Dabeibu section, according to "Investigation Report on Cultural Relics Relative With Tongling to Tangkou Highway Project" prepared by Anhui Provincial Cultural Relics Research Institute. 3.7 Investigation into Industrial Pollution Generators According to the investigation into industrial pollution generators, there are not any large sized constant industrial pollution generators along the highway, except for some township agricultural side products processing plants (small-sized) and social service sectors. Due to the poor surface of the highway, much instant TSP is produced when vehicle passes by This affects air environment of the highway to some degree but the affection is limited. Meanwhile, air horns are used frequently so that noise dB exceeds the limit instantly. 33 4. Environmental Affection and Mitigation Measures The road upgrading of S221Xinqiao-Dabeibu section shall be constructed only in the area of the highway occupation via adjustment and improvement, widening and strengthening existing road surface from 7m wide to 7.0-9.Om wide with asphalt and macadam. The project shall generate certain negative affection on surroundings and social environment during the construction and operation. The construction does not involve any land acquisition or resettlement. And there are not any tourist resorts and cultural relics along the section. However part of the section shall pass through Guniujiang Natural Protective Zone and there are few ancient trees and some sensitive points like schools and hospitals. This chapter concentrates on the negative affection and proposal of mitigation measures. 4.1 Impact on Acoustic Environment Quality and Mitigation Measures 4.1.1 Construction Period 4.1.1.1 Impact of Noise from the machinery and Mitigation Measures During the construction of this project, various machines and vehicles would be used and the tested noise values are showed in Table 4-1. The main machinery contains shovel loaders, road rollers, paver buckets and dumpers that would make unavoidable noise during the construction. Comparison of Estimated Noise Value of Main Machinery and Vehicles Table 4-1 No Machinery Type Distance from the noise(m) Lmnax[dB(A)] 1 Wheel shovel loader ZL senes 5 90 2 Three wheels roller 5 81 3 Paver bucket (UK) Fifond311 ABG CO 5 82 4 Dumper 5 82 S221Xinqiao-Dabeibu section is 52km long. Table 1-3 and Table 1-4 show schools and hospitals within 200m from the highway. The investigation shows that there are 6 towns along the section, 20-30m away from the central line of the highway; there are 7 schools and hospitals on either side of the road, 40- 150m distance. The noise of construction and traffic might generate noise impact on residents, schools and hospitals on both sides of the road. Attenuation type of point sound source would be applied considering the types of machines and their noise. Vehicles for transportation would be regarded as sound source in the construction. The following Table 4-2 is the estimate of noise level generated by main machines and vehicles to different distances during the construction. 34 Estimate of Noise Level Generated by Main Machines and Vehicles to Different Distances during the Construction Table 4-2 uiut dB(A) 20 40 50 60 80 100 150 200 250 300 Wheel shovel loader 78 72 70 68 66 64 60 58 56 54 Three wheel roller 69 63 61 59 57 55 51 49 47 45 Paver bucket (UK) 70 64 62 60 58 56 52 50 48 46 Dumper 70 64 62 60 58 56 52 50 48 46 "Noise Limits of Construction Site"(GB12523-90)stipulates: noise of construction site is limited to 70-75dB(A) in the daytime and 55dB(A) at night. Table 4-2 shows that distance beyond 50m in the daytime meets the regulated noise limit. At night, the distance beyond 300m can meet the noise limit. According to the projection, the sensitive points of noise including 6 villages and towns and Penglong Clinic shall exceed the limit in the daytime during the construction. All the sensitive points shall exceed the limit in the nighttime. The following mitigation measures are proposed: ()Contractors will consult the schools and hospitals prior to construction near these facilities; ONoisy machines are forbidden to work in the nighttime; (Well maintain the construction machinery and keep the noise levels of the machinery to the minimum However the construction noise is temporary and will stop as soon as the construction completes 4.1.1.2 Impact of Noise from Asphalt Mixing Stations 3 asphalt mixing stations will be set up at the places of K7+000 and K29+000 and K43+000 during the construction. On the investigation of the site, there are no environmental sensitive points (such as schools, residential areas, sanatoriums or hotels) to be protected within 300m. Based on the analogy monitoring to the asphalt mixing station by Hefei Environmental Monitoring Station, the actual tested noise values are shown in Table 4-3 Table 4-3 of the actual tested values shows the noises of the asphalt mixing stations ( the machine is about 40m away from the site boundaries) in the daytime and at night are both lower than the "Noise Limits for Site Boundary of Industrial Enterprises"(GB12348-90) Class I Thus it is concluded in the assessment that'noise of the mixing station shall generate negligible affect on the environment. 35 Comparison of Noise from Asphalt Mixing Station Table 4-3 No Main noise source and site Distance to the noise Actual tested noise value Leq[dB(A)] direction source(m) In the daytime At mght 1 Asphalt mixer 1.0 866 / 2 Eastern site boundary 1.0 54.2 44.8 3 Southern site boundary 10 54.6 41 9 4 Western site boundary 10 53.4 443 5 Northern site boundary 1.0 545 445 Site standards (GB12348-90)Class I 55 0 45 0 4.1.2 Operation Period 4.1.2.1 Impact of Traffic Noise This project will come into the operation period once the project is completed. As the traffic condition is improved, the yearly traffic volume of various vehicles will increase. According to the estimation in project feasibility study report, the traffic volume (equivalent to medium size vehicles) would increase from the average 2446 no./d in the year 2006 to 3291 no./d in the year 2010. The traffic volume (equivalent to medium size vehicles) would increase from the average 6516 no./d in the year of 2020 to 8734 no /d in the year of 2025. This shows the noise affection of traffic would rise as the traffic volume grows and the speed of vehicles increases. There are 6 towns and villages located within 20m-30m away from the central line of the road. Most houses are used for commercial purposes in Chiling town and Penglong town. So the projection concentrates on the other 4 towns and villages. The result is shown in Table4-4. Forecast of Traffic Noise Impact on Town and Villages along S221Xinqiao-Dabeibu Highway Section Table 4-4 Unit: dB(A) Forecast year No nte location road center 2006 2010 2020 e(in) day night day night day night I Wanpia village K3+000 20 56 6 46.1 57.8 46.9 60.1 49 2 2 Tianpiale village K8+400 30 57 0 46 5 58.3 47.5 60.7 50 3 4 Xiejia village KlO+800 20 57.4 472 589 48.0 61.3 508 6 Likou town K40+700 20 571 468 585 472 61 0 506 Evaluation critena Class IV set up in "Urban Environmental Noise Limit " Class IV: daytime70, and nighttime 55 The projection shows that noise on the villages shall reach the limit in 2020. 36 7 primary schools and 2 clinics are located within 200m away from the road. Some schools have enclosing walls or similar structures, 40- 150 m away directly from the road central line. Estimate of environmental sensitive points of traffic noise in S221Xinqiao-Dabeibu section is presented in the Table 4-5. Forecast of Traffic Noise in the Environmental Sensitive Points along S22lXinqiao-Dabeibu Highway Section Table 4-5 Umt: dB(A) ensitive nam location Distance from 2006 2010 2020 road center day night day night day night 1ShentengPrmr I hK5+500 60 52 5 43.6 53.0 44 5 54.8 45 0 School 2 Gaiah KI+400 120 478 39.2 48.6 39.6 507 41.9 Promary School Chiling Central 3o K16+700 100 49.3 400 50 1 414 526 44.1 Primary School XangdongPrmr 4 XP K31+800 60 52.5 43.6 53.0 44.5 54 8 45.0 Schol Pengtong Prmr 5 K36+800 80 51.5 429 52.4 435 542 448 School Huansha Pmr 6 K42+300 150 458 36.5 466 378 491 406 School 7 Dabebu P K51+600 60 52.5 43.6 530 445 54 8 45 0 School 8 Khililg Cetrl K16+260 150 428 33.5 436 348 46 1 376 Hospital 9 Penglong Tow K36+400 40 512 420 524 435 545 46.2 lImic eT unelie menhtecInth Evaluation cnteria Class I set up m "Urban 55 0 45.0 The undelled means that exceeding the Environmental Noise Lumt " limit Table 4-5 shows that the traffic noise values which might affect the schools and hospitals outside during the operation period of the project in 2006, can meet Class I of "Urban Environmental Noise Limits" (GB3091-93). Along with the increase of the traffic volume, the noise outside of Penglong town clinic would exceed by 1.2dB (A) at night for long run (2020). The reason behind is that the sensitive point is close to the center of the highway (40m) Noise on Shenteng Primary School, Xiangdong Primary Schol and Dabeibu Primary School can meet the limits. The expected noise values on the rest sensitive points are below Class I limit. The noise affection could be reduced via planting trees on both sides of the highway near Penglong town clinic. 4.1.2.2 Mitigation 37 The following mitigation measures are proposed pointing at the exceeding limits of the noise on the sensitive points. As for Penglong town clinic: setting up no blowing signs on both sides of the highway at 50m distance recently; installing with noise prevention windows or removing to other safe place in the far future (2020). As for the other three schools that meet the noise limit in the far future, shall not take any measures for no class in the evening 4.2 Impact on Environment Air Quality and Mitigation Measures 4.2.1 Construction Period 4.2.1.1 Impact of Road Dust on Environment Air and Mitigation Measures The major impacts in the construction period are identified as the flying dust by the transportation of the materials, the exposed wind-eroded road surface that are related with the speed of vehicles and wind, accumulated dust on the surface and moisture. Wind speed greatly affects the distance of flying dust. Highway Research Institute of Ministry of Communications conducted monitoring on Beijing-Tianjing-Tangshan Highway in the construction period and relative unit has done the monitoring on S221Xinqiao-Dabeibu section. The monitored result is shown in Table 4-6 TSP Monitored under Road Construction Table 4-6 Unit mg/m1' Distance to the road(m) 0 20 30 100 200 Before waterng 364 095 038 028 018 After Watering 0.70 046 022 020 010 Table 4-6 shows that timely watering will reduce the flying duct 50%-80% during the construction. The impact on air environment will be distinctly decreased. After watering, TSP within 30m could meet Class II of "Environment Air Quality Limit)" (GB3095-1996) Thus spraying vehicle shall be equipped to assure timely spraying so as to meet the limit. 4.2.1.2 Impact of Tail Gas As the transportation increases, NO2 and CO in the tail gas by vehicles shall increase, but limited. The monitored record shows that the average density per hour of NO2 and CO is 0.017-0.032 mg/M3 and 2.22-2.91 mg/m3, which meet "Environment Air Quality Limits" (GB3095-1996) Class II. Therefore, it can be said that NO2 and CO in the tail gas by the increasing vehicles will not affect the air environment on either side of the road. 4.2.1.3 Impact of Asphalt Mixing Station and Mitigation Measures In this project, the asphalt macadam shall be used .to pave the road surface. Major pollutants of THC, TSP and BaP in particular shall be created during the process of mixing 38 and paving, and pollutants are less while mixing. According to similar monitoring, the closed decocting technology will keep the density of BaP less than <0.0001 ii g/m3 at the distance 50m leeward, lower than the standard value 0.01 11 g/m3 in the "Environment Air Quality Limits" (GB3095-1996)Class II. In case that asphalt mixing stations are away from villages and towns, pollution of asphalt smoke could be prevented. The mitigation measures are proposed considering the climate and other factors, asphalt mixing stations are established 100m leeward away from the towns and villages and other sensitive points. As a result the asphalt lampblack shall not affect surrounding towns and villages. 4.2.1.4 Impact of Construction campsite The main pollutants in the construction campsite are TSP and SO2 from the cooking stoves. There are not many workers at site, about 40 people (a few farmers might be involved for assistance in some cases and they have their meals and sleep at home). For the purpose of reducing pollution on air, clean energy shall be used such as anthracite coal and gas. So the discharge of cooking stoves shall produce very limited impact on the air environment. 4.2.2 Operation Period During the operation of the project, the increasing emission of NO2 and CO would grow on environment air quality along the road corresponding to the rise of traffic flow by years. According to the forecast of the traffic volume in "Rural Road Upgrading Study", calculated NO2 and CO in the tail gas is presented in Table 4-7. Forecast of Tail Gas (daily concentration) Table 4-7 Distance 2006 2010 2020 stability _ 10 20 30 50 10 20 30 50 10 20 30 50 Un-stable CO 0.106 0081 0064 0.043 0 143 0.110 0086 0058 0321 0245 0 193 0 130 NO2 0022 0.017 0013 0.009 0030 0023 0.018 0012 0056 0043 0034 0023 Neutral CO 0112 0.098 0084 0062 0 151 0132 0.113 0084 0338 0.296 0253 0 188 NO2 0.023 0.020 0.017 0013 0031 0027 0.023 0017 0059 0.052 0044 0033 stable CO 0125 0.119 0110 0.094 0.169 0160 0149 0127 0.378 0359 0334 0283 NO2 0 026 0025 0 023 0 020 0.035 0033 0 031 0.026 0066 0 063 0 058 0.049 The forecast shows that, as the traffic volume increase in the operation period, the forecasted density of NO2 and CO emitted by vehicles under different conditions is lower than the limits in "Environmental Air Quality Limit "(GB3095-1996) Class II Moreover, The design of 3m wide belt of green trees on both sides can make full use of the green to absorb the air pollutants in the hilly areas. And this is beneficial for air diffusion. Consequently the emission of NO2 and CO generated by vehicles would slightly affect the environment air. During the operation period, the traffic condition of the road would be improved greatly. And the TSP produced by vehicles would decrease correspondingly compared with the existing road. The affection of TSP to the sensitive points would decline as well. 39 4.3 Impact on the Surface Water and Mitigation Measures 4.3.1 Construction Period During the construction period, the impacts on the water environment involve in the following aspects: the watering when rolling the road the wastewater of washing machinery and the residential wastewater in the construction campsite. 4.3.1.1 Impact of Watering on Surface Water During the works of rehabilitation of surface, water content would be kept for surface reinforcement in the rolling to reach the required degree of enforcement. Limited water would be used for the mixing of reinforcing materials and rolling. The water would be absorbed by road surface and leak little into the side ditches and farming land. Consequently there is no impact on water environment via controlling water quantity. 4.3.1.2 Impact of Residential Wastewater in the Construction Campsite There are 3 contract sections in this project, and each has set up 1 campsite. Usually each contract section has about 40 workers. The water consumption is limited, for they are used to taking shower in the campsite and their toilet doesn't have flush (dry toilet) The maximum water used is about 120 I/p/d. That is, the water consumption in each campsite comes up to 4.8m3/d and the discharged wastewater is about 4.0m3/d. However septic tanks shall be installed. Wastewater of dining rooms shall be discharged into the septic tank after dregs removal. The wastewater could be used for irrigation after treatment. 4.3.1.3 Impact of Wastewater of Construction on Surface Water When the machinery needs repairing and washing in a rainy day, the main pollutant is SS In order toe prevent the affection of wastewater on the environment, it is proposed that machinery washing shall be conducted in a fixed place and a settling chamber shall be installed for wastewater treatment to reduce SS, resulting at little impact on the surface water There is no maintenance station in the construction, and all the repair work is done at the maintenance centers of Shitai County Highway Administration Station or Qimen County Highway Administration Station. As a result, no dropped machine oil in the construction site will affect the surface water In case the maintenance occurs on the site, measures shall be taken to prevent oil from dropping on the ground like this. Hard plastic or iron board is folded on the four sides at the height of Icm, and in the shape of rectangular or round to form a tool of collecting waste oil. Then the collected waste oil shall be collected and delivered to maintenance centers of Shitai County Highway Administration Station or Qimen County Highway Administration Station for centralized disposal. 4.3.1.4 Impact of Residential Garbage in the Construction Campsite on Surface Water 40 The residential garbage on the campsite is estimated about 20kg, based on 0.5kg/Cap * d. Contractor shall appoint staff responsible for timely collection of garbage and delivery to Sitai County Garbage Disposal Plant or Qimen County Garbage Disposal Plant. The residential garbage in the campsite shall generate no affection on surface water by taking above measures. 4.3.1.5 Impact on Rivers and Irrigation System The project shall concentrate on road surface construction. The road passes through a few of rivers, irrigation ditches and culverts. Since existing subgrade basically meets the requirement of upgrading road surface, in addition, existing bridges, ditches and culverts meet the designed requirements in terms of length and discharge capacity, therefore there is no need for extension or reconstruction for the rivers, culverts and ditches which highway passes cross. Attention will be paid not to block the ditches, canals or culvert with the construction materials so as to let the water go through. 4.3.2 Operational Period During the operational period, the major pollutants like SS, CODcr and oil generated by tail gas, surface remaining and materials, might flow into fishing ponds or rivers and cause contamination. In addition, some accident might occur and goods of vehicle might drop into rivers and cause pollution too. In order to prevent the above pollution, maintenance shall be strengthened over side drainage ditches to avoid direct flow into fishing ponds or drinking water sources. Oil tank vehicles or over-loaded vehicles shall not be allowed to run in the highway. The regulations of three licenses (drive license, escort license, transportation license) shall be reinforced for vehicles that deliver dangerous goods. The signs for dangerous goods have to set up obviously on the vehicle. In case of any accident, an emergency group shall be able to set up on site and inform relative departments immediately. 4.4 Impact on Ecological Environment and Mitigation Measures 4.4.1 Construction Period 4.4.1.1 Impact on Vegetation and Farming Crop and Mitigation Measures In case of the implementation of the project to widen and reinforce shoulders of the existing road into road surface, there would be little impact on the ecological environment. Some weeds on the shoulders and part of bush vegetation would be cut and destroyed. The existing surface is basically suitable for widening the surface, and therefore there are no needs to cut down trees on both sides of the road in the course of widening the road. On the other hand, there is not any grassland or woods along the road. Since no land acquisition occurs, the farmland on either side of the road would remain the same as before. The vegetation beyond the both banks of the road would be protected through stressing the environmental ideas among the workers and making regulations to reduce the impact to the minimum. 41 In addition, some TSP pollutants would be generated due to the mixing of surface materials during the construction and would land on the vegetation and leaves of crops, resulting at negative affection. Necessary watering shall be taken to keep moisture of building materials and reduce the TSP's affection. By taking the measures the affection of TSP on the vegetation and crops is negligible. 4.4.1.2 Impact of Construction on the Ancient Tree According to the document No. [2002] 01, provided by Shitai Forestation Bureau, there is an ancient tree over 100 years old. It is known from the investigation, the tree is located 70m away from the road. The subgrade shall not be widened while widening the road surface in the construction. Thus, the tree shall not be affected by the project. 4.4.1.3 Impact on Soil and Water Conservation This project lies in the mountains. According to "Soil Erosion Classification Standard" of the People's Republic of China, the project location belongs to the southern red soil hilly area where soil allowance loss is 500t/km2 * a. Since the project is involved with upgrading, the soil erosion caused by loss of soil and water in the construction shall not be serious. According to the documents provided by Qimen Water Resource Bureau, calculated on the soil erosion modulus 23 11 tkm2/a in this area, the total volume of soil and water erosion will volume to 841t in the construction. For the sake of prevention from loss of soil and water, the construction section of each contract shall not be too long. Short distance and quick construction method shall be implemented. 4.4.2 Operational Period There is one ancient tree within 200m away from the highway. According to the forecast of CO and NO2 of tail gas in 2020, the maximum concentrations (below neutral stability, I Om distance) are 0.338mg/M3 and 0.052mg/m3, lower than the standard of Class II set up in "Environmental Air Quality Limit". So the tail gas could not affect much on the ancient tree After the project comes into operational period, soil and water shall be kept balanced via maintenance and greening, reduction of dust and rehabilitation of vegetation. Ecological environment shall be rehabilitated and gradually balanced 4.5 Impact on Natural Protection Zone-Guniujiang and Mitigation Measures The project K18+000-K25+000 shall pass the state protective zone of Guniujiang, which might produce the following impact. 4.5.1 Construction Period There shall be no road widening contained in the project construction. Only the existing shoulders shall be strengthened and converted into additional road surface. Since the construction area is not large, the ecological environment of the protective zone shall not be affected after taking some measures. The life of wild animals would not be affected either Therefore the completion and biological diversification of natural ecological 42 environment shall not be destroyed. The detailed measures are described as follows. (1) According to long time observation in the natural protective zone, the period of seeking for partners of wild animals mainly occur in the spring. The construction in the protective zone shall cover 7km and another 1.5km at both ends. Therefore the construction shall be arranged at the period of non-seeking for partners, not in the spring (March-May) , so as to keep the generation of animals. (2) During the construction, external timber or wooden package of equipment and young plants might bring pests, Songcaixian pest in particular, which shall destroy masson pines on both sides of the highway if carelessly. So the timber of construction shall be carefully selected. The pines easy to be affected by, Songxiancai pest are forbidden to use, such as mason pine, black pine, red pine, Yunnan pine, Huashan pine, Pinus sylvestris var, Liuqiu pine. (3) The entry of workers and coming and going of vehicles and piles of building materials and movement of machines might cause harm to the wild animals. This shall be paid attention. Contractor should lay stress on the management. Materials could not be piled in disorder. Environmental education shall be given to workers. No killing wild animals and no cutting trees and no stepping on the grass. (4) Since the forest is dense in the zone, fire would easily destroy the forestation vegetation. So construction campsite should be set up outside of the protective zone and some people shall be appointed responsible for fire prevention No kindling into the zone. The workers must have the consciousness of fire prevention to avoid fire disaster. 4.5. 2 Operation Period Along with the improvement of road surface, the traffic volume shall increase by year and thus the increase of traffic noise. According to relative estimation, the noise value of traffic within 50m directly away from the road sides, shall be 53 4dB (A) in the daytime and 44.2dB(A) at night in the year of 2006. The noise value might reach 54.2dB(A) in the daytime and 45.6dB(A) at night in 2010. Theoretically, the traffic noise during the operational period shall affect normal life of wild animals within the range of 50m from the highway Actually, the project is conducted only on the existing subgrade, moreover, there is no living places for wild animals near the existing road due to the noise Therefore the affection of traffic noise on animals shall be very limited. Besides, Table 4-7 shows that the concentration values of CO and NO2 contained in the tail gas are both lower than Class II set up in "Environmental Air Quality Standard" Therefore the discharge of tail gas shall produce little affection on wild animals in the protective zone. 4.6 Impact of Traffic and Mitigation Measures In order to keep the traffic open during the construction, half of the road or the two halves in turn is under construction which might inevitably cause jam and affect traffic 43 environment to some degree. For reducing the block and avoiding accidents, a warning sign shall be set up with the word "Construction" to slow down the speed of vehicle. There should be some special staff responsible for the direction of the traffic during the construction if necessary. Warning lamps shall be equipped to lead the traffic access at night. In addition, certain affection would be generated by busy traffic of transportation on the construction site and construction , and it would certainly bring inconvenience to the production activities, travel, living and rest of the residents along the road But the affection is limited and temporary. However consultation shall be conducted with local agencies. 4.7 Management of Construction and Campsite The construction workers will mostly stay at local farmers' houses during construction. There will still be areas occupied for machinery and materials, storages. For the project, there shall be 3 campsites in the design. Temporary septic tanks will be constructed for toiling and preliminary treatment of the residential wastewater from construction camps The garbage will be collected and disposed properly. The affection of campsite on water, air, sound and Ecology has been described in the relative chapter. The contractor selected via bidding procedure have rich experience and shall make various regulations under the client's supervision and conduct training to their managerial staff and construction workers in terms of environmental management, daily safety, noise, dust, construction campsite, health education etc. Besides, description of environmental management and measures shall be included in the contracts. In addition to the client's supervision, environmental specialists of the provincial communications department shall be sent to implement supervision during the peak of construction. 4.8 Social Impacts The project shall produce the following positive benefits' The upgraded road shall improve local transportation conditions (mitigated slopes, widened road, leveled surface) including the increase of transportation efficiency, decline of accident rate, assurance of people's safety. The upgraded road shall improve people's life and benefit local residents for their easy access to better service and markets, particularly the disadvantaged groups such as ill people, elderly, women, and children as they could receive better medical attention and education. The upgraded road shall greatly encourage local economy and circulation of goods and provide quick access to markets. The project shall benefit the attraction of external investment, absorption of new technology and new technical process, agricultural 44 restructure and alleviation of poverty. The project could also bring some adverse social impacts. The main impacts include occupation of land by construction activities adjacent to he road and could damage crops. The increase motor vehicle speeds might bring a traffic safety concern especially to certain less self controlled group such as children and mentally retarded local residents. The mitigation includes: stringent construction management and close supervision during the construction. In the operation period, public awareness on road safety shall be enhanced through education especially children and families of mentally disabled persons. 4.9 Other Environmental Issues On the basis of the features of this upgrading project and the investigation of natural environment, the assessment group thinks that the proposed project shall not involve any affection to the following aspects (1) All bridges concerned can be used during construction and the project shall not have any affection on them. (2) There are not any cultural relics along S221Xinqiao - Dabeibu section, according to "Investigation Report on Cultural Relics Relative With Tongling to Tangkou Highway Project" prepared by Anhui Provincial Cultural Relics Research Institute. (3) The upgrading project will not fetch or discard the earth, so there is not any ecological problem. (4) This project shall not involve any land acquisition or resettlement. 4.10 Environmental Benefits The upgrading will also bring environmental benefits and positive impacts. These are: (1) The existing drainage system relative with the highway is incomplete. The improve drainage system will significantly improve the drainage control and reduce soil erosion potential; (2) After construction, the road status, signs and controlling facilities shall provide better transportation conditions and reduce the time of transportation and improve the transportation efficiency, (3) The pavement and upgrading will increase motor vehicle speed and thus reduce the gasoline consumption, flying dust, tail gas emissions, which indirectly save substantial resources; (4) The greening works shall beautify environment, improve ecological environment, reduce the loss of soil and water. In addition, due to function of vegetation, the pollution of dust could decline; (5) The upgraded road could be convenient for local people to go out and contact with outside and encourage the alleviation of poverty and development of the economy; 45 5. Public Participation and Information Disclosure 5.1 Public Participation 5.1.1 Investigation Time and Interviewees As required by the 253d order "Environment Protection Management Rules" issued by the State Council dated on Nov.29, 1998 and EIA, the assessment institute conducted investigation into government Bureaus, representatives, organizations, schools and residents along S221Xinqiao-Dabeibu highway section in May23-26, 2002. The staff of the institute visited over 6 villages and 4 primary schools and hospitals that might be affected by the project. Since the project involves with Guniujiang Natural Protective Zone, the assessment team visited Dayan Protective Station in Shitai county and Chilingkou Protective Station in Qimen county and both county forestation bureaus in late October 2002. ~IL Chilingkou Protective Station Dayan Protective Station Photos of Public Participation The general background of interviewees is presented in Table 5-1. General Background of People Involved in Public Participation Table 5-1 Bkrd Sex Education background Profession on M F Umversity Middle school Prnmary school Cadre Worker Fanner Teacher Other Statistics (person) 128 52 36 130 14 9 17 122 26 6 Percentage (%) 71 29 20 72 8 5 9 68 15 3 Note The person number excludes those who did not hand in investigation papers. 5.1.2 Investigation Methods The investigation consisted of various forms like meetings, visits, written interviews, and inquiries, involving with 180 persons. Up to now 4 meetings have been held and 70 people attended the meetings. 52 people have been inquired. 60 people were involved with written investigation. 60 papers of written interview have been distributed and 58 papers have been collected back. 5.1.3 Public Participation and Inquiries Records Public participation and inquires records are shown in Table 5-2. The places of public participation and inquires and sensitive points are marked in Drawing 5-1. 5.1.4 Investigation Contents and Results In the activities of disclosure participation and investigation, interviewers presented the highway alignment drawing, described the project, and explained both positive effects on residents such as improving traffic conditions and stimulating local economy and negative effects of noise and dust. Attention focused on the attitude of the residents and teachers toward the project and their comments on the measures to alleviate the possible impact on the environment. Interviewees volunteered to fill in the paper "Public Participation and Inquiries". The result of the paper interview is shown in Table 5-3. Public Participation and Inquiries Records Table 5-2 Inquire time, place, objects (local governments, people's congress, Inquires form political consultation committee, workers People I sInquires result Project name meeting, paper union, Bureaus of agriculture, forestation, male/female and visit) Main comments communications, environmental protection and masses) 23/5/ 2002 Slutai County 20/8 Paper Support the surface improvement 24/52002 Likou Town 22/11 Meetmg Improve traffic condition and center living quality 24/5/2002 Penglong Xitang 19/11 Paper Hope to alleviate impact via Town Village greening Sha Concern on traffic noise in the S221Xinqiao 25/52002 Chiling Town 37/15 Visit opraion Village operation Dabeibu Shuanghe Town Stimulate economic development highway 26/5/2002 vernments, Shitai coun 23/15 Meeting and emphasize the highway government and people's facility management congress, etc. 21/10/2002 Gumujiang Dayan 4/0 Meeting Support the project and concerned Protective Station with pollution Guujiang Chilingkou Support the project and concerned 22/10/2002 Protective Staiton 3/0 Meeting with fire prevention and water I_ protection Total 4 villages, 2 government departments and 180 persons 4 meetings, 58 paper received back, 52 people organizations inquired 47 Public Participation and Inquires Table 5-3 Item Results Item Agree Oppose Indifference Others project? person 58 / / / Ratio 100% / / / 2 What impact do you Item Improve traffic Promote economy Inprove life Quality Others tlunk the project of the person 41 13 4 / ighway will make on the Ratio 71% 22% 7% / local area? 3 What impact on the Item Traffic noise Road dust Damage ecology Others environment do you think person 19 12 / 27 the project will make? Ratio 33% 24% / 46% 4. What is your attitude tc Item actively care Not damage Indifference Others the highway facility and person 45 11 2 / the green works? Ratio 78% 19% 3% / 5. What do you think of the Item Traffic jam Road dust Pedestrians'safety No idea environmental probl person 23 26 4 5 you most concern m th Ratio 40% 45% 7% 8% ;onstruction period? 6. What do you think of the Item Traffic noise Tail gas passageway Others nvironmental problens person 40 3 7 8 you most concern in the Ratio 70% 5% 12% 13% peration period? __ 1. It is favorable for the county and the people to use the foreign funds People hope it will be implemented as early as possible and have the social, environmental and economic benefit have for the highwy It is suggested the highway management sector perform the object management, construction? maintenance and greening works 3 It is necessary to educate the "Highway Law" to raise the concept of taking care of the highway 5.1.5 Summary of the Public Opinions: The following is the summary of the public opinions. (1) 100% of the participants support the upgrading of S221Xinqiao-Dabeibu section. They think first priority should be given to the construction of road in the process of becoming rich. To build road would benefit both the country and the people as well. (2) Participants think that construction of road could promote the traffic conditions, stimulate the economy, and improve the residents living quality. The respective percentage is 71%, 22% and 7%. (3) 46% participants think trees should be planted in case that the existing trees might be destroyed in the construction of road surface and 33% and 21% participants think the impact of the road building is traffic noise and dust respectively. (4) 40%, 45% and 7% participants think traffic jam, dust and safety of pedestrians would be the focus people most concern in the construction period. Another 8% participants have not expressed any comments. The focus that people most care during the operation period is traffic noise, polluted tail air and sidewalks. The corresponding percentage of participants is 70%, 5% and 12%. (5) Investigation into Dayang Protective Staition and Chilingkou Protective Station found out that existing road is poor and constrains the management of the protective zone. Staff of both stations expressed their support to the project and willingness to cooperate and also 48 proposed some suggestion, fire prevention in particular, including avoidance of cutting trees, reservation of water and soil, earthwork balance, facility of prevention wall and slope protection; pollution control during construction. 5.1.6 Public Opinions and Suggestions The investigation shows, although some participants think the construction and operation of the highway might produce negative effects such as traffic noise, dust and polluted air on the residents, this negative effect would be alleviate by way of planting trees on both sides of the highway after construction. In a word, the construction of the project would produce much more positive effect than negative effect. Most participants wish the project start the sooner the better so as to let the highway contribute earlier to society, environment and economy. In addition, it is suggested that highway management Bureaus should enforce the highway management and maintenance and greening as well for the purpose of keeping the highway in good condition. To sum up, 100% participants expressed their positive attitude toward the project, which plays a good foundation for the project. Highway administration departments and construction units shall fully concern the public opinions and suggestions and try their efforts to bring the project into full play in the aspects of social and environmental and economic benefits. 5.2 Information Disclosure 5.2.1 Contents and Forms of Information Disclosure During the early stage of environmental assessment of the project, the environmental assessment group provided information 1-6 to the public in the activities of public participation. All the information were printed and issued to the concerned people and representatives of organizations along the highway. * Information I - Project Description The project name. S221Xinqiao - Dabeibu Section of Local Highway Upgrading Component of Anhui Provincial Highway Project II. S221Xinqiao-Dabeibu highway section lies in southern part of Anhui province,, from the north to the south. The section starts at highway S221 Xinqiao in Shitai county in the north, and ends at Dabeipu in Qimen county in the south. The total length is 52km, passing through Chiling town, Penglong town, Likou towns, and Wanjia village, Tianjia village and Xiejia village. The sensitive points are Shenteng Primary School, Guanglian Primary School, Chiling Central Primary School, Xiangdong Primary School, Penglong Primary School, Huansha Primary School and Dabeibu Primary School, Chiling Central Hospital and Penglong Clinic. Forecast of future traffic volume for the section (equivalent to medium sized vehicles). 2006-2010, from 2446 to 3291no /d; 2020-2025, from 6516 to 8734 no./d. 49 The total cost of the upgrading of S221Xinqiao-Dabeibu section is estimated at RMB 104 million. The project is planned to start in October 2003, and complete in October 2005, covering the period of 24 months. * Information 2-project targets The first target of upgrading the highway section is to improve transportation conditions of southern part of Anhui and assist in the communications of the poverty- stricken areas with the outside world. The second is to promote the surface quality and traffic capacity to assure the safety of drive. The third is to quicken the step of alleviation of poverty, increase people's living level and encourage local economy via the upgrading the project. * Information 3- potential environmental impact of the project (1)The noise and dust during the construction shall have negative effects on the sensitive points along the highway. The construction shall bring inconvenience to the nearby residents in their daily life. The residential waste and wastewater of the construction sites shall affect environment. However the construction shall not affect the rivers and irrigation system of farming land. (2)The noise along the highway shall increase as the traffic volume increases once the highway is in full operation after completion of the project. In the far future (after 2020), the sensitive point, Penglong Town Clinic, 40m away from the central line of the highway, is expected to exceed the limit by 1.2 dB(A), however the affection is assessed minor. The improvement of the surface will better the traffic condition and reduce dust during the operation period and shall not produce impact on environment air of the residential areas. The green belt on both sides of the road shall be effective way to reduce the pollution of tail gas and dust. * Information 4-Alleviation Plan of Environmental Impact (1) Designing stage: select proper place for storing building materials and for mixture, over 200m away from sensitive points; equip spraying vehicle to control dust; improve greening belts on both banks to alleviate the affection of tail gas and dust; complete road drainage, slope protection and highway facilities like signs of warning, indication and road direction etc. (2) Construction stage Building materials for road surface like asphalt macadam shall be centralized for mixture and delivered by vehicle to each construction site. As for sensitive points, consultation shall be taken prior to the construction Strong noise machines shall stop working at night in the places where there are sensitive points. Spraying shall be done in the places with much dust whenever needed The planting of green belts of highway shall be finished at the same time of the completion of major construction work. The temporary wastewater treatment facilities shall be established for the treatment of residential wastewater and waste of the construction site shall be collected and delivered to Shitai County Garbage Disposal Plant or Qimen County Garbage Disposal Plant. Attention shall be paid to traffic order management. Warning lamp shall be hung at night. (3) Operation stage: Penglong Town Clinic, close to the highway, exceeding the limit at night in the long run, could install noise prevented windows or move to other place far away from the highway. In addition, arbors and bushes shall be added in the section near sensitive points. Warning signs and ban of horn shall be set up. Highway environmental management, environmental supervision institutes and environmental monitoring report system shall be reinforced. Highway environmental protection targets and environmental 50 management plan shall be established as well. * Information 5 -Impact on Guniujiang Natural Protective Zone The project shall pass through Guniujiang Natural Protective Zone (Kl8+000-K25+000) Since the project only involves with widening of surface, the small area of construction after some mitigation measures taken, shall not affect the ecological environment and wild animals of the zone, nor destroy the completion of the ecological environment and biological diversification. The forecast of noise and air shows that traffic noise and tail gas have limited affection on wild animals and plants in the protective zone. * Information 6-Conclusion of Environmental Impact Assessment The monitoring results of major sensitive points along the highway shows daytime 43.2- 49.4dB(A) and nighttime 39.1-42.5dB(A) can meet Class I set in "Environment Noise Standard in Urban Area"(GB3096-93), which reflects the quality of environment noise along the highway is good. The daily concentration value of TSP is 0.04-0.16mg/M3 , and hourly concentration values of NO2 and CO are 0.015-0.032 mg/m3and 2.22-2 96 mg/m3 respectively, both below the limits of Class II set out in "Environment Air Quality Standard" (GB3095-1996), which means the quality of environment air of sensitive points along the highway is good. Concentration values of CODr and BOD5 of the major pollutants contained in the water body of Qiupu river are below the limit of Class IV classified in "Surface Water Environment Quality Standard" (GB3838-2002) CODCr and BOD5 of the major pollutants contained in the water body of Lishui river are below the limit of Class V classified in "Surface Water Environment Quality Standard" (GB3838 -2002). The surface water environment along the highway is proved good quality The noise of construction and dust in the implementation of the project shall produce certain effect on the sensitive points nearby, but the effect shall not last long and be limited Environment pollution on the construction site shall be controlled through various measures such as temporary facilities of treatment and some action shall be taken to prevent from infectious disease, local disease and AIDS. Simultaneously propaganda and education shall be emphasized. Although traffic noise and polluted air generated during the operational period shall cause negative effect on the sensitive points along the highway, this affection shall be limited once the alleviation measures are put into practice and green belts on both sides of the highway are built. Besides, much effort has to be made on the environmental management and maintenance. Negative affection shall be mitigated to the minimum, meeting the standard limits. 5.2.2 Information Disclosure Channels For the purpose of further collecting comments from the public, Project Management Office of Anhui Provincial Communications Department has sent the printed draft Environmental Assessment Report to the libraries or cultural activity centers of Qimen County and Likou town center. The display shall take place in Nov.30 - Dec.30, 2002 for public. Before the display, broadcast regarding the time and place of the display of the draft EIA shall be announced via the broadcasting stations of Qimen County and Likou 51 town in Nov. 28-29, 2002. The rational public comments shall be combined into the report. On other hand, as for the inconvenient places, the assessment team has issued extracts of Environmental Assessment Report to Xijia village, Chiling town and Penglong town The extracts cover basic information of the project, affection on sensitive points during construction and operation periods, mitigation measures and assessment conclusion. Information disclosure channels are presented in Table 5-4. The locations of the information display, route and sensitive points are identified in Drawing 2-4. Information Disclosure Channels Table 5-4 No. Display place Location Disclosure form Contents 1 Qimen County Library Broadcast and display of printed document Draft "EIA" 2 Likou town Library Broadcast and display of printed document Draft "EIA" 3 Xiejia Village office display of printed document Extracts of draft "EIA" 4 Chiling town Town office display of printed document Extracts of draft "EIA" 5 Penglong town Town office display of printed document Extracts of draft "EIA" At the same time of information disclosure, environmental assessment institute shall publish its address for contact as follows. Assessment Unit: Hefei Design & Research Institute, Ministry of Coal Industry Address: No 355, Fuyang, north road, Hefei, Anhui Province Postcode: 230041o Telephone: 0551-5535145, Fax: 0551-5535145. 52 6. Conclusion The proposed upgrading construction of S221Xinqiao-Dabeibu highway section is one of the highway component of Anhui Province Highway Project II proposed to apply for the World Bank loan. The total lenith is 52.00km. This component is also one of the highway improvement projects in the 10 five-year plan. This is the action to promote transportation condition of southern mountain areas of Anhui Province, lay better foundation for local economic development and goods circulation and flow of people. The project shall quicken the step of alleviation of poverty. The civil works of the project shall implement within the range of existing subgrade, thus there is no requirement for additional land acquisition or demolition or resettlement. According to the investigation and data provided by relative sectors of Shitai county and Qimen county, 7km of the highway section passes the natural protective zone (trial area) and moreover, there is an ancient tree 50m away from the road side. With the exception of the above, there are not any other cultural relics and tourist landscapes, wild animals and plants requiring protection. The upgrading of the project shall not generate negative affection on the ecological environment of the protective zone. The ancient tree is located 50m away in Shenteng village and shall not be affected by the project as well. The project implementation has sound social basis and natural environment The monitoring results of major sensitive points along the highway shows noise of daytime and nighttime basically meet Class I set in "Environment Noise Standard in Urban Area"(GB3096-93). The monitoring of air environment shows the daily concentration value of TSP and hourly concentration value of NO2 and CO are both below the limits of Class I set in "Environment Air Quality Standard". Concentration values of CODcr and BOD5 of the major pollutants contained in the water body of rivers are below the limit of Class V classified in "Surface Water Environment Quality Standard" . Therefore environment quality of water, air and noise is basically good. The other ecological environment and social environment shall not produce constraining impact. During the implementation, noise and dust generated by the construction shall produce certain effect on the sensitive points along the highway, but the impact is temporary and limited to the acceptable level. In the operation period, due to the increase of traffic, noise and polluted air generated shall cause limited negative effect on the sensitive points along the highway. The noise on Penglong Town Clinic might exceed the limit by 1.2dB(A) in the year 2020. This affection shall be limited to the minimum once the "three simultaneousness" is put into practice, Highway environmental management, supervision system and environmental monitoring data management and report procedure shall be reinforced meanwhile. To sum up, this project would produce negative effects on the resident's life, school's study 53 and hospital's wards. However as long as the mitigation measures proposed in EIA are actually taken, the unfavorable effects will be effectively controlled and decreased to the lowest degree. Through the comprehensive assessment, the social benefits and economical benefits are considerable. 100% of the people along the highway support the project Therefore this project is feasible in conclusion. 54 7. Environmental Management Plan 7.1 Composition of Environmental Management Plan 7.1.1 Environmental Supervision Plan Supervise practice of relative mitigation measures and implementation of environmental targets in different phases. 7.1.2 Action Plan of Prevention Measures of Environment Protection This includes environmental management and environmental supervision plan covering actions to be implemented in the design, construction and operation phases of the project to mitigate, reduce and minimize adverse impacts. 7.1.3 Mitigation Measures for Sensitive Points This is a plan to mitigate negative affection of the project during the construction and operation. 7.1.4 Environmental Monitoring Plan This is the plan to monitor environmental status, verify the forecast of environmental assessment, identify unexpected impact to make and implement new counter measures The environmental management procedures for the road upgrading project of S221Xinqiao-Dabeibu highway section are summarized in Drawing 7-1. 7.2 Environmental Management Organization Anhui Provincial Communications Department will be responsible for the overall environmental management of S221Xinqiao -Dabeibu highway Section. Huangshan Municipal Highway Administration Bureau and Chizhou Municipal Highway Administration Bureau will be in charge of implementation and operation. The provincial, municipal and county environmental protection bureaus will be responsible for the routine supervision. The management and monitoring organization is shown in Drawing 7-1. The environmental supervision plan is shown in Table 7-1 7.3 Environmental Impact Compensation Measures 7.3.1 Design Period 7.3.1.1 Traffic Noise Control Asphalt paved surface for the highway is considered for the decline of traffic noise. Noise forecast shows that only Penglong Town Clinic shall exceed Class I set up in "Urban Environmental Noise Limits" (GB3096-93) by 1.2dB(A). So special measure for noise decline is not considered in the design According to forecast for the future, proper measures could be taken, such as installment of noise prevention windows. 55 WB Project Management Consultation Preparation stageProject Proposal EIA Report Appraisal Feasibility Study EMP (Draft) Negotiation Preliminay Design I EMP (Final) Implementation Detailed drawing Supervision Bidding doc. Examination & Acceptance of Construction Plan EMP Engineering Supervision Completion & delivery Drawing 7-1 Environmental Management Procedures for the Project 56 I-- Anhui Provincial Communications Dept. superior supervision organization PMO ofACD Environment Office of ACD World Bn Anhui Highway Adin. Burea Superior routine organization ciuziu & ~Anhui EPB Quhou & Huangtani Highway Ae- Burm -------------------------- -------- ---- -------- -------------- Routme supervision org Chizhou EPB Huangshan EPB Shitai EPB 0 0 Qimen EPB Management org in construction I r -------- -------------------------------------------- Environment Supervision organizations 0~- L10 0 Management org m operation Drawing 7-2 Environmental Management and Monitoring Organization Environmental Supervision Plan for S22lXinqiao-Dabeibu Section Table 7-1 Period Supervision unit Tasks Goals 1. accomplish the feasibility study report and the preliminary design; I analyze the potential environmental Design World Bank 2. accomplish the report of EIA; effects of the construction; period Anhui EPB 3. the preliminary design will include2. proper Drawings to demonstrate the environmental protection investment, the nvironmental effects or the mitigation selection for asphalt concrete mixing site and measures and fix the relevant facilities the stacking place for construction materials 1. take asphalt concrete nuxing site (including 1. the environmental protection facilities ime mixer) and the stacking place for plenty will be designed, constructed and World Bank f materials into account; operated together with the main project, Anhui EPB the control of construction noise and dus12 determine all the pollution prevention d the mitigation measures must be and treatment facilities of EAP penriod Huangshan EPB e d 3 decrease the construction dust and 3. check and supervise the discharge o oise effects on the sensitive sites of Shitai EPB astewater and solid wastes; villages, hospitals and schools, Qimen EPB check and supervise the implementation of4 prevent serious effects of the nvironmental momtorng plan in the wastewater discharge on the nstruction period, environment World Bank 1 take the environment mutigation plan in th I guarantee the implementation of th AnhuiEpB peration period into account nviromental monitoring plan; u Ep 2 onsderthe nvionmnt ualiy i th 2.guarantee the environment quality and Operation Chizhou snsie te envilonment qual n the human health in the sensitive sites o period Huangshan EPB tieo ts oillages, hospitals and schools, Sl1tai EPB coordinate with the investigation an t prevent and lessen the unfavorabl Qune EP hadlin oftheenvionmnta accdens efects because of the traffic accidents a Q Evronmossible 7.3.1.2 Air Pollution Control (1) Selection of Asphalt oixing Station Consideration shall be given to the building materials of asphalt mixture. In accordance with EIA, the mixing stations shall be located at K7+000, K29+000 and K43+000 along S22 Xinqiao-Dabeibu Section. It is identified that there are not any sensitive points such as residential houses, schools and hospitals within the range of 200m. It is proposed to procure the mixer equipped with dust prevention scheme, a kind of enclosed mixer with oil tank for oil heating. The equipment is able to reduce the dust and smoke for the sake of alleviating the pollution on air environment. (2) Asphalt Sixing Concentration of mixture is considered in the design. It is suggested that location of asphalt melting and mixture be set up in the place where there are not many people and asphalt be delivered to the construction site by vehicle. (3) Dust Control In order to alleviate the dust pollution during the construction, sufficient equipment of spraying and watering are considered in the design. 7.3.1.3 Surface Water Pollution Control Side ditches of the road shall be improved in the design to avoid the surface water pollution. Ditches shall not connect rivers, fishing ponds and farming land directly. Residential wastewater in the campsite shall be treated via septic tanks. 7.3.1.4 Water conservation and Greening In the design, green belt shall be planted on both sides of the highway outside the road shoulders. As for the height difference between the slope surface and road dike, consideration shall be given to slope protection works. The greening work should be properly schemed and attention shall be given to selection of trees, mixture during the section where pass through sensitive points of schools and hospitals. 7.3.1.5 Land Acquisition and Resettlement The project shall not involve with any land acquisition and resettlement. 7.3.1.6 Protection of Cultural Relics and Special Sensitive Point There is not any protected cultural relic within the area 200m away from the section. There is only one ancient tree 70m away from the road, which shall not be affected. 7.3.1.7 Road Signs In the design consideration shall be given to various signs for cross, loudspeaker forbidden, warning, directions, speed limits, limit lift, names, sharp turns, vehicle lanes, zebra lines etc 7.3.1.8 Leakage of Dangerous Liquid For avoiding leakage of dangerous liquid into rivers in case of accident, flow of drainage of road surface shall not go into important rivers. Consideration shall be given to above case The bridge fences shall be improved to avoid the fall of vehicle into rivers 7.3.2 Construction Period 7.3.2.1 Construction Noise Control To avoid the affection of sensitive points like residents, schools and hospitals, it is forbidden to run noisy machines at night (22:00-6:00). Consultation with relative units should be conducted in this aspect. Mechanical machines shall be well maintained and keep its noise to the minimum In addition, a proper route for transportation of building materials shall be considered. 59 7.3.2.2 Air Pollution Control During the construction, asphalt mixing station and equipment shall be selected according to the requirement of the design. The material piling sites carried from outside and mixing stations should be kept far away from schools, hospitals, residential areas, towns and streets. The powder materials similar to dust shall be properly covered. It is necessary to water the easily-dusting sections and materials in a fixed time during dry days, especially in the sections passing through villages and towns, 4 times day according to the design, in order to reduce the dust pollution to the nearby environment. Proper route of transportation shall be selected and vehicles shall be covered or sprayed to avoid pollution. 7.3.2.3 Surface Water Pollution Control Strict inspection shall be given to asphalt related equipment to avoid leakage into rivers. It is forbidden to pour waste oil or garbage into rivers or ditches. The waste oil leaked in the repair shall be collected and delivered to the maintenance center of Shitai County Highway Administration Station or Qimen County Highway Administration Stations by Contractor for centralized disposal Residential garbage shall be collected by category and delivered to Shitai Garbage Disposal Plant or Qimen Garbage Disposal Plant Drainage ditches shall be kept from soil, sand and stones. Those dropped in the ditches shall be cleaned away immediately to keep smooth flow. Residential wastewater in the campsite shall be treated via septic tanks. In case of construction near water body, clay wall shall be built on the site near the river for the prevention of block of the river and impact on the water body and aquatic animals and plants. 7.3.2.4 Ecological Resource Protection The contractor has the responsibility to tell the staff and workers to pay attention to protect the fields and crops and green vegetation along construction sections and not to destroy the farmland or vegetation or kill animals so as to decrease the damage to the crops and vegetation. Special concern shall be laid to the fire prevention in Guniujiang Natural Protective Zone Timber for construction shall be considered and shall not be thrown out in the zone. Prevention of pest disease shall be noted. 7.3.2.5 Prevention of Soil Erosion When working with the fill or excavation, the exposed slopes must be protected by facilities or vegetation. Some slopes, side ditches, ditches or culverts shall be built up with bricks or stones as designed, to stop the water and soil being washed away. Newly widened area of the surface shall be reinforced and leveled. Clay wall or slope greening shall be considered when necessary in widening surface. Drainage of road surface shall be 60 considered in the construction. The slopes of the subgrade and side ditches will be improved. And drainage ditches will be set up in the easily-washed slopes. The slopes will be laid with bricks or planted with vegetation to protect soil erosion. Construction unit shall contact local meteorological station to get the information about rain and snow so as to take quick action. The method of short distance and quick construction could be used. 7.3.2.6 Disposal of Garbage Construction waste shall be disposed in the following ways. The surface soil containing plant roots during road surface expansion could be reused nearby; The package materials could be collected and delivered to Wastewater Collection Station nearby; The rest construction waste could be used as feeding materials for subgrade. 7.3.2.7 Cultural Relic Protection If any ancient tombs or cultural relics are found in the earth, the construction shall be stopped immediately and the site shall be protected well. Contractor must report to the related sectors of Shitai County Cultural Bureau or Qimen County Cultural Bureau at once. Only after the cultural relics are unearthed, the work can go on by the approval of the cultural relic sector. Before the construction, the contractor shall let workers aware that all relics or historical sites are owned by the state. People have obligation to protect them. Any relics are discovered during the construction shall be delivered to relics administration departments. It is forbidden to rob or hide. 7.3.2.8 Assurance of Open Traffic The half-side pavement will be used in the construction In the construction sections, warning signs or detour signs must be established to ensure the project quality and keep the traffic in good order. There shall be assigned persons in charge of conducting the traffic. Warning lamps shall be set up to lead vehicle at night 7.3.2.9 Environmental Sanitation and Disease Prevention in Campsites It is essential for the contractor to pay attention to the living environment and disease prevention in campsite: (1) To building toilets is a necessary condition; (2) To collect residential wastewater in the temporary septic tank and discharge after treatment; (3) To collect daily garbage and deliver it to County Garbage Disposal Plant regularly to reduce affection of garbage; (4) The cooking stoves will use anthracite or gas to decrease the smokes that will be discharged into the air environment. 61 (5) The contractor will be responsible for the workers' health and prevent local, contagious disease, AIDS and etc to assure no such disease spreading in the campsites. The contractor must be responsible for checking the workers' health. If patients with contagious disease or AIDS are found out, they must be sent to hospital at once or separate for treatment. The contractor shall take the responsibility to spread the knowledge among workers regarding diseases prevention, sanitation, personal good habits. Drug taking and whoring is banned, if any, the one has to be expelled and sent to public security organs. 7.3.2.10 Setting up of Complaining Signs for Environment Pollution The construction unit must set up complaining signs for environment pollution in the sensitive points, with the name of the construction unit, telephone number, the person in charge and the telephone number for the local EPB to solve the environmental problems in time if something occurs. 7.3.3 Operation Period 7.3.3.1 Measures to Prevent Traffic Noise Outside noise of Penglong town clinic is forecasted to exceed the limit in year of 2020 The wards of the clinic are located behind outpatient building. Noise prevented windows could be installed according to monitored result or the clinic could move away to another place if necessary. It is suggested that signs of no horn be set up at the places 50m away from both ends of sensitive points. Surface shall be well maintained so as to reduce the noise. In case that the sensitive points like schools and hospitals are located 200m away from the highway, the noise can meet Class I of "Urban Environment Noise Limits". It is suggested that the similar buildings shall not be built at the places within 200m away from the central line of the road. 7.3.3.2 Monitoring of Tail Gas The highway management sector must cooperate with the local environmental monitoring station and check the tail gas from the vehicles at a regular time. The unqualified vehicles are banned to travel on the highway. 7.3.3.3 Surface Water Pollution Control The water in the side ditches of the road should not flow directly into fishing ponds or rivers of raising fowl or drinking water source to avoid pollution. 7.3.3.4 Management of Greening and Slope Protection 62 Particular attention shall be given to the maintenance of green belt to assure the trees or bushes grow well. Meanwhile, ditches along the highway and road slopes shall be carefully maintained to assure the smooth flow. Once any damage to the green belt or slopes is found out, replenishment of trees and repair of slopes shall be done promptly. Regular cultivation, trimming, pest elimination shall be taken. Propaganda regarding care for the green belt and slope shall be conducted as well, aware local residents concerns for trees and slopes. 7.3.3.5 Leakage of Dangerous Liquid Any vehicle carrying dangerous goods or liquid shall have relative license issued by public security bureau. The sign of dangerous goods shall be set up in the obvious place on the vehicle. In case of any accident, try to let relative department know immediately to take measures. 7.3.3.6 Environmental Management The highway squad is directly in charge of maintaining the road surface, the ditches and slopes as well. Meanwhile the squad is responsible for repairing the damaged water conservation and greening. A management plan will be made out for the responsibility in each section so as to keep the highway and environmental protection in good order. 7.3.3.7 Environmental Monitoring In both construction and operation periods, the environmental monitoring plan in the EIA must be taken into great accounts, moreover, be implemented in accordance with the requirements 7.3.4 Action Plan for Environmental Protection Table 7-2 shows action plan for environmental protection. Table 7-3 shows mitigation measures of environmental impacts on sensitive points. 7.4 Environmental Monitoring Plan Huangshan Municipal Environmental monitoring Station, authorized by Huangshan Highway Administration Bureau (construction period) and Huangshan Municipal Highway Administration Bureau (operational period), is in charge of monitoring the sensitive points regularly along S221Xinqiao-Dabeibu section. The environmental monitoring plan is shown in Table 7-4. 63 In addition to professional monitoring in the construction, the contractor and supervision unit should appoint trained staff to carry out daily monitoring so as to timely identify problems. Daily monitoring include: monitor noise on the construction site and sensitive points with portable noise meter; inspect temporary access, piling sites, transportation dust with eyes; inspect the water body receiving water from construction site and campsite. The report procedure of the environmental monitoring data is shown in Drawing 7-3. The environmental sensitive sites and the monitoring distributions are shown in Drawing 3-1. Action Plan for Environmental Protection - Design Period Table 7-2 (1) .Implementation Organization Environmental issues Measures taken or to be taken onimation ingchage organization in charge I Traffic noise * use asphalt paved surface to reduce the traffic noise m Design unit APCD the design. Assessment unit APHAB * Set the mixing stations at the place far away from Design unit APCD 2. Air pollution residential areas, schools and hospitals * Equip watering apparatus for dust control * Perfect the ditches on either side of the road in the 3 Surface water esign Design unit APCD pollution * establish temporary septic tanks to treat the wastewater Assessment unit APHAB in campsites * Ditches and slope protection are considered in the Water conservatio esign. A greening belt is designed adjacent to the road Design unit APCD shoulders. and Greenmg * Select proper species of trees and other plants designed Assessment unit APHAB on the base of the main components of the project 5 Land acquisition No land acquisition and resettlement Design unit APCD and resettlement Assessment unit APHAB Provincial Cultural 6 Cultural relics and.* No cultural relics need protection according to the Relics Research Institute APCD historic sites mvestigation. There is no construction of road widening Design unit I under the project, therefore no affection. APHAB Assessment unit * Put warning signs and information signs at crosses of towns, schools and hospitals and other signs for direction Design unit APCD 7 Traffic signs and speed limit etc Assessment unit APHAB * traffic lanes shall be drawn all the way * It is considered m the design that side ditches are dug tc orevent the runoff on the road surface from directly going 8 Accident risks of into the drinkable water or breeding waters, in case traffic Design unit APCD dangerous articles accident happens to the vehicles with dangerous articles Assessment unit APHAB * Fences for bridges will be unproved to stop the vehicle. fom falling down into the rivers or canals Abbreviation. Anhui Provincial Communications Department (APCD) Anhui Provincial Highway Administration Bureau (APHAB) 64 Action Plan for Environmental Protection - Construction Period Table 7-2(2) Environmental Measures taken or to be taken Implementation Organization in problems ___________________________ orgamization charge * Consultation shall be conducted prior to construction near APCD SConstruction sensitive points like residents, schools and hospitals. Machinery Contractor oise with strong noise must stop at night. Construction HuA Shan HAB *Well maintenance of machinery to keep the noise to lowest degree Supervisor Chzhou gAB * Make proper plan of transportation route to avoid noise Cluzhou HAB * Keep moisture to easily-dusting or bulk materials as cement, sand Inne to reduce dust, or use canvas to cover them when necessary. * Watering is necessary whenever required during the constructio Contractor APCD 2 Air pollution near the sensitive points Construction APHAB * The mixing station and asphalt oil heating site must be kept 200 S Huang Shang HAB away from the sensitive points. upervisor Cluzhou HAB * Asphalt mixing shall be centralized. * make proper plan of transportation route to avoid dust. * Stnctly check asphalt oil apparatus to prevent leakage to th nearby water body * Forbid to damp waste oil and garbage into the rivers Waste oil dropped in the repair shall be collected and delivered to the APCD 3 Surface maintenance center of County Highway Adminstration Stations for Contractor water pollution disposal Residential garbage shall be collected and delivered to Construction Huang Shang HAB County Garbage Disposal Plants Supervisor Chizhou HAB * Prevent discarded soil, sand, stones to block rivers and canals, treat wastewater in construction campsites in temporary septic tanks. * Discharge wastewater after treatment via temporary septic tankI * Contractor must tell the workers not to damage the vegetation out 4 Ecological of acquired land, and not to kill animals The construction unit is m Contractor APCD esource charge of supervision. APHAB protection Good Drainage of subgrade, surface and slope Construction Huang Shang HAB Properly select timber of construction to avoid pest disease. upervisor Chizhou HAB * Particularly attention shall be given to fire prevention * Timely replenish vegetation which is destroyed by construction. * Slope protection with bricks shall be carried out for slope surfaceI side ditches, ditches or both ends of culverts 5 Soil erosion The newly-bult surface must be solid and plain Contractor revention Good Drainage of subgrade, surface and slope Construction AHAB Use clay wall or greening to prevent loss of water and soil it Supervisor hanghn HAB necessary for widening surface in the area of separating slight hills Chizhou HAB * Contact with the local weather forecast sector and take proper measures against ram and snow. Garbage * The surface soil containing plant roots during road surface Contractor APCD isposal of expansion could be reused nearby, The package materials could be Construction APHAB onstruction collected and delivered to wastewater collection station; The rest Supervisor Huang Shang HAB construction waste could be used as feedmg materials for subgrade Chizhou HAB * Contractor must tell workers basic knowledge of protecting 7 Cultural cultural relics and historic sites Contractor APCD relics and * If cultural relics and historic sites are found in construction, work Contractor APHAB hustoric sites must be stopped and the discovery shall be reported to Sluta Csruion Huang Shang HAB County Cultural Bureau or Qimen County Cultural Bureau. Wo Supervisor Chizhou HAB can only go on after approval of adminustration departments. * The half-side pavement will be used in the construction. 8 Traffic * Warning signs or detour signs must be established to ensure the Contractor APCD Disturbance roject quality and keep the traffic in good order. There shall be Construction APHAB signed persons in charge of conducting the traffic Warning lamps Supervisor Huang Shang HAB shall be set up to lead vehicle at night Chizhou HAB * Install garbage bms and deliver the waste regularly to county garbage disposal plants * Use clean fuel. 9 Construction Use temporary septic tank to treat residential wastewater Contractor APCD campsites * Contractor shall appoints staff responsible for environment Construction aSgAB3 *eContractor will be in charge of the workers' health, prevent and Supervisor Huang Shang HAB control contagious diseases and AIDS, and propaganda the Chithou HAB unportance and Proper Prevention measures to these disease APCD 10 others * establish service office relating complaint to receive supervision Contractor APHAB and timely solve relative problems. Huang Shang HAB Chizhou HAB 65 Action Plan for Environmental Protection - Operation Period 7-2 (3) Environmental Measures taken or to be taken Implementation Organization m problems organization charge * It is suggested that no residential area withm 100m and APCD no schools, hospitals or sanatonums within 200m to be Local I Traffic noise set up on either side of the highway in the local plan. government Huang Shang HAB * Set up signs of slow-down and no horn at either end of HAD Chizhou HAB the sensitive points, such as towns, schools and hospitals HAD) APCD * Tail gas shall be strictly controlled. Gas filter shall be Public security 2 Air pollution equipped. Tail gas shall be regularly checked, and department Huang Shang HAB unqualified vehicles shall be forbidden to run on the road. Environment Chizhou HAB department APCD 3 Surface water * Water mn road side ditches is not allowed to go intc pollution fishing ponds, canals, breeding water or dnnking watei HAD Hug Shang HAB __ _Chizhou HAB * Concerned about greening belt management, APCD 4 Greening strengthenmg protection and management of side ditches HAD AHAB management . and ad road dike and slope Huang Shang HAB slope proteciton soeChizhou HABl * Education shall be reinforced. * Vehicles with dangerous articles must have papers HAD 5. Leakage risk of issued by public security sectors and label the sign i Public secuity APCD Leaagerskof ily-seen place deartment AA dangerous articles * If leakage occurs, report must be sent to the related Environment Huang Shan HAB sector at once and urgent actions shall be taken department Abbreviation- Highway Admnustration Division (HAD) Action Plan for Environmental Protection - Environmental Management and Environmental Monitoring Table 7-2(4) Environmental Implementation Organization in problems ~~Measures taken or to be takenoraiton cae problems organization charge * Strengthen environmental management along the road, set up mamtenance squads. Keep good maintenance of road surface and water and soil conservation and road signs * Set up lughway management targets, clarify responsibility APCD I Environmental * local highway administrative sectors should let the residents APHAB management know the traffic rules and how to protect the highway. HAD Huang Shang HAB * Regularly cultivate and prune trees and kill harmful insects Chizhou HAB * Establish environment supervision plan for each period of the project. See table 7-1 * Keep road signs in good status and water and soil conservation * The implementation of environmental monitoring plan shall be APCD conducted by Huangshan Municipal Environmental Monitoring EMS 2. Environment tation, authorized by Huangshan Mumcipal Highway Bureau, Contractor monitoring plan d Highway Admmistration Division, The detail is shown in Huang Shang HAB Table 7-4 Contractor and supervision unit are responsible for Supervision uni Chizhou HAB daily monitonng 66 Mitigation Measures to Environmental Impacts on Sensitive Points along S221Xinqiao~Dabeibu Section Table 7-3 . Environmental Measures taken or to be taken Implementation Organization m Period Sensitive point Noise environment Air environment organ. charge 1 Wanjia village 2. Tianjiale village 3 Xiejia village 4 Chiling town * Matenal mixing stations 5. Penglong town Set up signs to ban wlustles must be 200m away from 6.Likou town 100m away in front of the the leeward of the itive point. ensitive sites Improving greening on * 4 times watering in the both sides of the highway asily-dusting sections 0 ~~~~~~reduce noise.eaiydsngecos edc nose work on weekends and APCD 1.Shenteng Equipment with strong Primaryoise is forbidden fro days as possible. Contractor APAB 2. Guanglian Primary a mli. Keep campsites 200M Construction Huang Shang School *Materialix stations away from environmen Supervisor HAB mi3. Chiling Central sensitive Chizhou HAB SSchool must be 200m away from e points P e leeward of the sensitiv * Vehucle for dehveiy ot 4. Xianglong Primarysites easily flying matenal Schoolo*gMake proper plan for h be kept moisture or 5. Penglong Primary r ote covered and proper rout School transportation route to for delivery shall be Huansha Primary reduce noise decided. School 7.Dabeibu Primary 3chool 8. Chiling Central Hospital Penglong Town IAPCD _____Iuc I Wanjia village 2 Tianjiale village 3 Xejia village 4. Chiling town 5. Penglong town 5 Likou town Improve the greening, I Shenteng Set signs to ban whistles at replant and repair m time, Primary School both ends of sensitive and decrease dust 2. Guanglian Primary Points * establish a good o School * Improve greenmg belts of maintenance squad and APCD Chiling Central the road keep good maintenance APHAB Pnmary School * Close windows at night over road surface HAD Huang Shang 4 Xianglong Pnmary facing the construction site HAB School * Forbid to dry or thresh O 5 Penglong Pnmary * Penglong town clunc grains on the road chool :ould install noise prevented *'Vehicles that generate 5 Huansha Primary wmdows or move away intail gas exceeding limits School the far future are not allowed to run on 7 Dabeibu Primary the highway School 8 Chiling Central Hospital 9 Penglong Town Clinc 67 Environmental Monitoring Plan for S221Xinqiao-Dabeibu Section Table 7-4 Period Monitoring Momtoring places Monitoring items Monitoring frequency Implementa- aspects tion 1.Shenteng Primary School Monitoring once every 2 Guanglian Primary School Noise value Leq month when there is Construction Chmg Central Pnmary dB(A) inside and construction within the Oct 2003- period School outside of wards in the omtoring site It takes 1 Oct 2005 nvironen 4. Xianglong Primary School :aytime and nighttime; day for once, I time in the morning and I tune in .Penglong Primary School Noise value Leq the afternoon. .Huansha Primary School dB(A) of inside and Monitormg once every Operation 7 Dabeibu Primary School outside of classrooms October. It takes I day for Oct 2006- period 8.Chihng Central Hospital in the daytime once, I time in the Oct 2010 9. Penglong Town Clinic daytime, I time at night Momtoring once every month when there is Construction construction within the Oct 2003~ period TSP momtormg site It takes a Oct 2005 Environmeni Chiling town Asphalt smoke day for once, 2 times air Dabeibu town (asphalt mixing sampling a day station) Momtoring once every Operation October It takes 3 days Oct 2006- period continuously for once, 2 Oct 2010 times sampling each day Monitoring once every month when there is Construction construction at both ends Oct 2003- period of a bridge. It takes I day Oct 2005 Water for once, 2 times monitoring Qiupu river new bridge SS, CODcr, BOD5 smpling a day Monitoring once every Operation October. It takes 2 days Oct 2006- period continuously, I sample Oct 2010 for each day. World Bank Anhui Province Communucations Department Aht EPB: L A!hiuiEPB Anhui Highway Admmnistration Bureau Chizhou & Huangshan EPBs Chizhou Highway Admmn Bureau Stai EPB Qunen EPB Huangshan Hfighway Admmn Bureau Huangshan Mumicipal EMS Cluzhou Municipal EMS Drawing 7-2 Report Procedure of Environmental Monitoring Data 68 7.5 Staff lraining As for the key point to assure the achievement in environment protection, training is very important to give people knowledge about typical environmental issues and mitigation measures. On the other hand, environmental management is a new subject to majority of engineers and technicians and training is quite necessary to them. The training is designed to cover environment protection laws, regulations and environment standard and related environment protection knowledge, typical environmental issues and protective measures. Table 7-5 shows the training plan. Training Plan Table 7-5 Attendant Tuning Cost Organizations of attendants Duration Content (person) (10,000 yuan) Managerial staff Technicians 21 1 week 2003 1 68 1. environmental protectio laws, regulations and C environmental standard, 0 2 environmental protection knowledge, Supervisor n 3 1 week 2003 0 24 3. impacts on ecological engineer environmental and reventive measures, 7 4 environmental supervision in construction penod and major measures 5 Managerial staff 2 1 week 2006 0.16 o prevent environmenta pollution Environment O management and urgent counter measures dunn Total 26 2.08 operation period 7.6 Environmental Protection Cost Estimate The total estimated cost for environmental protection is RMB1,741,100, accounting to 1 67% of the total investment (RMB104million) of the project. Table 7-6 shows the estimate. Table 7-6 shows the environmental cost during construction period is one time investment and should be included into total cost of the project. The environmental cost, monitoring being major expenditure, during the operational period, shall be regarded as operational cost. 69 Cost Estimate of Environmental Protection and Environmental Benefits Table 7-6 Cost No Items (RMB0t000) Environmental benefits 1 Environmental Impact 11 90 Provide basis for the decision maker and Assessment improvement of the environment 2 Staff training 2.08 Raise the staff's quality and professional level Environmental monitoring in the 600 Know environment quality to provide technical construction period basis for pollution control 4 Environment supervision 10 4 Supervise the implementation of environment action plan Construction 5 3 watering car 36 00 Decrease road dust pollution m the construction penod period 6 Decrease the construction dust 6 00 Reduce air pollution 600d (100yuanL/d) 7 6 persons on safe duty for 22 18 00 Guarantee the traffic and sidewalkers' safety months 8 52 km greening on the sides of 52 00 Beautify environment and decrease noise and the highway (excluding culverts) dust at the same time 9 Emergency fee for accidents 6 40 For emergency Operation 10 Momtoring for 5 years 9 50 Get information about environment quality and period provide technical data to pollution control work. Subtotal 15828 11 Contingency (based on 10%) 15 83 Total 174.11 The End 70 Annex I Anhui Provincial Highway Bureau Document Wanluqian [20021 14 Entrustment Letter of Preparing Environmental Impact Report on the Five Sections of Shitai-Qiaotoudian Highway Hefei Design and Research Institute of Ministry of Coal Industry. The following five sections shall be upgraded as counterpart components for the World Bank financed project, namely, S325Shitai - Qiaotoudian, S322Jingxian - Maoling, Xianyuan-~Xinming- Sanxi, S323Hongmen-~Jingde, and S221Xinqiao -Dabeibu. This is to entrust your institute to prepare relative Environmental Impact Report. Please undertake this assessment and submit the draft by July 20, 2002. The preparation shall be conducted in line with the World Bank guideline. April 9, 2002 Key words highway environment assessment letter Copy to Environmental Office of the Provincial Communications Department 71 附件一 安徽省公路管理局文件 皖路前〔2002〕14号 口口口口口口口口口口口口口口口口 关于委托簖制石台一桥头店等五条公路 环境影响报告书的函 煤炭工业部合肥设计研究院： 5325石台一桥头店、5322径县一茂林、仙源一新明一三溪、 5323鸿门一族德和5221新桥一大北埠共五条公路改善工程拟作 为世行贷款配套项目建设，现委托你所编制环境影响报告书，请 按世行要求组织精干力量进行评价工作，并于2002年7月20日 前完成环境影响报告书初稿，其余后续工作均按世行要求进行。 江井 72 Annex 2 Shitai County Forestation Bureau of Chizhou Municipality Shilinghanzi [2002] 01 Evidential Letter on Wild Animals and Plants and Ancient Trees along Shitai-Qingyang and Xinqiao-Qimen Highway Sections Anhui Provincial Highway Bureau: On your entrustment, we made an investigation on wild animals and plants and ancient Trees along Shitai-Qingyang and Xinqiao-Qimen highway section on May 8, and reviewed relative files and data. There are 31 ancient trees over 100 years old, requiring protection in the area within 200m away firorn the two highway sections. (They are mainly Ginkgo, Camphor trees, sweet-scented osmanthus, Chinese sweet gum, Chinese honey locust etc.) In addition, there are many rare ginkgo tree (Protective Class 1), Camphor trees (Protective Class 11) and Chinese toon trees (Protective Class 11) along the sections in accordance with the state decree. This is to certify the above. Shitai County Forestation Bureau May 8,2002 73 附件二 池州市石台县林业局 石林函字【2002」01号 口口口口口口口曰口口口口口口口口 关于石台一青阳和新桥一祁门公路沿线 需保护的野生动、植物及古树的证明函 安徽省公路管理局： 受贵局委托，我局于5月8日对石台一青阳的5325和新 桥一祁门的5221公路石台县境内的公路沿线200米范围内需 要保护的野生动、植物及古树等进行了摸底调查。通过查阅有 关档案资料，上述两个路段公路沿线有保护的树龄100年以上 的古树共约31探（主要树种是：银杏、樟树、桂花、枫香、 枫杨、皂角等）。此外，根据国家颁布的野生植物保护名录的 规定，公路沿线还分布着大量国家明令保护的银杏（工级）、 樟树（11级）、香椿（11级）等珍稀树种。 特此证明’二色 74 Investigation Findings on Ancient Trees Route Name of Location Number Distance from the trees of trees highway (m) S325 Sweet-scente Geshan village of Liudu 110 highway d osmanthus town Oak Bijia village of Qidu town 1 140 Ginkgo Bijia village of Qidu town 1 160 Chinese Bijia village of Qidu town 1 170 Sweet gum Ginkgo Maotan village of Qidu 150 town Oak Languan village of Hengdu 90 town - Chinese Languan village of Hengdu 86 sweet gum town Ginkgo Shenteng village of 78 Hengdu town 75 9Z 9-' 06 - OLI i 091MI 011I Qimen County Forestation Bureau Wanqilmighan [2002] 07 Evidential Letter on Natural Protective Zones, Wild Animals and Plants along S221Xinqiao-Dabeibu Highway Section Anhui Provincial Highway Administration Bureau. On your entrustment, we made an investigation along Xinqiao-Dabeibu highway section from April 28 to 30, 2002 and reviewed relative files and data It is identified that the highway section passes Guniujiang Natural Protective Zone at the state level, (1 06K+000- 113K+000 on S22 I highway). Since the upgrading construction shall not be involved with widening the highway, the project shall not generate negative affection compared with the original status. This is to certify the above April 30,2002 '77 韋、〕〕〕〕！