China - Hubei Xiaogan - Xiangfan Highway Project : environmental assessment (Vol. 9 of 10) : Changwan to Shiyao rural road

World Bank Financed Project| E584 Volume 9 Changwan to Shiyao Rural Road Environmental Impact Assessment & Environmental Management Plan HFubei Provincial Communicationus Department March 2002 Wuhan C'hina FILE COPY  Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction ............................. 1.1 Project Background ............................1 1 .2 EA Category ............................1 1.3 EA Objectives and Documentation ............................2 1.4 Basis of EA ............................2 1.5 Assessment Scope and Factors ............................3 1.6 Assessment Standards ............................4 Chapter 2 Project Description ............................6 2.1 Project Justification ............................6 2.2 Upgrading and Engineering Contents ............................7 2.3 Construction Schedule ............................8 2.4 Analysis of Alternatives ............................8 Chapter 3 Environmental Baseline ............................9 3.1 Physical Setting ............................9 3.2 Social Environment ............................ l0 3.3 Ecological Environment ........................... 11 3.4 Natural Resources ........................... 12 3.5 Sensitive Receptors ........................... 12 3.6 Baseline Environmental Quality ........................... 14 Chapter 4 Environmental Impacts and Mitigation ........................... 17 4.1 Air Impact and Mitigation ........................... 17 4.2 Soil Erosion Impact and Mitigation ............................ l8 4.3 Borrow Pits and Disposal Sites Impacts and Mitigation ........................................ 19 4.4 Noise Impact and Mitigation ........................................ 19 4.5 Water Impacts and Mitigation ........................................ 22 4.6 Impact on Traffic and Mitigation ........................................ 22 4.7 Construction Camps and Construction Management ........................................ 23 4.8 Social Impacts ........................................ 23 4.9 Indigenous People ........................................ 25 4.10 Environmental Benefits ........................................ 26 4.11 Other safeguard policies ........................................ 27 Chapter 5 Public Consultation ........................................ 28 5.1 Methodology ........................................ 28 5.2 Public Concerns and Responses ........................................ 31 5.3 Public Information Disclosure ........................................ 32 Chapter 6 EIA Summary ........................................ 34  Chapter 7 Environmental Management Plan ..................................... 36 7.1 Composition of EMP ..................................... 36 7.2 Environmental Management Organizations ..................................... 38 7.3 Environmental Management and Impact Mitigation ..................................... 40 7.4 Environmental Supervision Plan ..................................... 44 7.5 Environmental Monitoring Plan ..................................... 44 7.6 Personnel Training ..................................... 45 7.7 Cost for Environmental Management ..................................... 46 List of Table Table 1.6-1 Class 11 Air Quality Standards (GB3095-1966) mg/m3 .4 Table 1.6-2 Noise Standards dB(A) ..4 Table 1.6-3 Construction Noise Standards dB(A) ..4 Table 1.6-4 Surface Water Quality Standards mg/L ..4 Table 1.6-5 Soil Erosion Categorization tlkm2 a ..5 Table 2.1 -1 Existing Conditions of Chang-Shi Road ..6 Table 2.2-1 Key Technical Specifications for Chang-Shi Road Upgrading .8 Table 2.2-2 Project Engineering Scale ..8 Table 3.1-1 Rivers Intersected by Chang-Shi Road .9 Table 3.2-1 Key economic indicators of Enshi City (RMB million) .10 Table 3.3-1 Exiting Soil Erosion Conditions .12 Table 3.5-1 Sensitive Receptors along Chang-Shi Road .13 Table 3.6-1 Existing Surface Water Quality (mg/L) .14 Table 3.6-2 Existing Ambient Air Quality (mg/Nm3) ..15 Table 3.6-3 Existing Noise Levels at Sensitive Receptors (dB(A)) . .15 Table 4.1- I The Effect of Watering for Dust Suppression .18 Table 4.4-1 Traffic Noise Mitigation Measures .21 Table 4.8-1 Economic Benefits from the Upgrading .24 Table 4.9-1 Ethnic Composition, 1990 xO00 .25 Table 5.1 -1 People Participated in Public Consultation Program .28 Table 5.1-2 Public Consultation ..28 Table 5.1-2 Public Consultation (Continued) ..29 Table 5.1-2 Public Consultation (Continued) .30 Table 5.1-3 Public Response to Questions from the Questionnaire .31 Table 7.2-1 Major Environmental Management Organizations .40 Table 7.2-2 Major Environmental Supervision Organizations .40  Table 7.3-1 Environmental Management and impact Mitigation ......................................................... 41 Table 7.3-1 Environmental Management and impact Mitigation (Continued) ..................................... 42 Table 7.3-1 Environmental Management and impact Mitigation (Continued) ..................................... 43 Table 7.4-1 Environmental Supervision Plan ................................................................ 44 Table 7.5-1 Environmental Monitoring Program ................................................................. 44 Table 7.5-1 Environmental Monitoring Program (Continued) ............................................................. 45 Table 7.6-1 Environmental Training Program ................................................................ 46 Table 7.7-1 Estimated Costs for Environmental Management in Construction .................................... 46 Table 7.7-1 Estimated Costs for Environmental Management in Construction (Continued) ............... 47 Table 7.7-2 Estimated Costs for Environmental Management in Operation ........................................ 47 Environmental Impact Assessment & ................................................................. 52 List of Map Map I Location of Chang-Shi Road Map 2 The Alignment of Chang-Shi Road Map 3 Environmental Sensitive Receptors along the Road Map 4 Location of Planned Monitoring Sites List of Abbreviations BP Best Procedure COD Chemical Oxygen Consumption (Demand) EA Environmental Assessment EIA Environmental Impact Assessment EMP Environmental Management Plan EPB Environmental Protection Bureau GB National Standard GDP Gross Domestic Product GHZB National Environmental Quality Standard GP Good Practice HJ/T Environmental/Technical HPCD Hubei Provincial Communications Department HPRARI Hubei Provincial Relic & Archaeological Research Institute LAeq Continuous Equivalent Sound A Level  MOC Ministry of Communications NO2 Nitrogen Dioxide OD Operational Directive OP Operational Policy PRC the People's Republic of China SEPA State Environmental Protection Administration SS Suspended Solid THC .Tetrahydrocannabinol TSP Total Suspended Particle WBFPO World Bank Financed Project Office Chang-Shiy Road Changwan (township) to Shiyao (township) Road  Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 Project Background The proposed Changwan to Shiyao road (Chang-Shi road) upgrading is part of the rural road upgrading component in the World Bank financed Xiaogan to Xiangqian Expressway Project. Chang-Shi road is located in southeast part of Enshi city, capital of Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Region, Hubei province(see Map 1). With mountainous and complex terrain configurations, the road area is difficult to access. As road transportation is the only modem ground transportation mode, approximately 99% of the goods and passengers to and from southeast Enshi is through Chang-Shi road. As such the road play an important role in economic and cultural life of the people of southeast Enshi city, as well as a prior condition for poverty alleviation for the mountainous region. Chang-Shi road is an existing country road with a total length of 94 km. The road extends through Xintang, Hongtu and Shiyao townships (Map 2). The existing gravel road is below grade, and the very poor road quality has been seriously affecting the transportation capacity in the area. In order to alleviate the transportation bottleneck, promote the regional economic development, improve access to services and market, increase the standard of living and alleviate the poverty for the people in southeast Enshi, Enshi government has decided to upgrade the road along the original alignment, from below grade gravel road or barely Grade IV to full Grade IV road standards. Together with three other rural roads, Chang-Shi road has been included in the Hubei rural road upgrading component of the Xiaogan to Xiangfan Expressway Project to be partially financed by the World Bank. The roads in this component have been selected through the following four criteria, set out jointly by Hubei Provincial Communication Departments (HPCD) and the World Bank: * Minimum resettlement and relocation and the adverse impacts and compensation thus caused; * Minimum earth work and the resulting adverse impacts to the environment; * Maximum effect in improvement of poverty conditions of the rural residents along the roads; and * Maximum role in strengthening the mountain area road network. 1.2 EA Category As part of the project preparation and decision making process, an environmental assessment (EA) was conducted by Environmental Impact Assessment Institute of Geology University of China (the EA team) for Chang-Shi road. According to the relevant requirements for environmental impacts assessment for international financial institution financed projects from the State Environmental Protection  Map 1: The Location of Chang-Shi Road UIIC0JThI3 riz4ux