China - Third Jiangxi Highway Project : environmental assessment (Vol. 4 of 10) : Environmental assessment - Chongyi County - Fengzhou highway

E1263 VOL. 4 Certificate No.of the Consultant:No.2303 Chongyi County--Fengzhou Highway`- ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REPORT , Ct Client: Ganzhou Hongtai Highway ConstructionrCb;;td Compiler: Jiangxi Provincial Environmental Pro'tection sciintific Research Institute October,2005 4'' ' X , F ' t,~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~'  Chongyi County-Fengzhou Highway Environmental Impact Assessment Report Compiler: Jiangxi Provincial Environmental Protection Scientific Research Institute Certificate No. of the consultant: No.2303 Huang Yun Senior Engineer(ES) [Qualification Director: Certificate No. A 23030026] Vice Chief Zuo zhu Senior Engineer (ES) [Qualification Engineer: certification No.A2303001 Hu Xiaohua Vice Research Fellow [Qualification certification No. A 23030007] Project Leader: Xu Zuotao Assistant Engineer [Qualification certification No. A 23030033] Participant: .Li Xianghong Vice Research Fellow[Qualification Participants: certification No.A23030028] Xu Changxiu Engineer [Qualification certification No.A23030036] Zhong Huiming Assistant Engineer [Qualification certification No. A23030042] Implementer of Ganzhou Municipal Environmental Monitoring Station Monitoring: 2  A list of compilers of the report Cliapters Contents Compilers No. of certificates A utograpi 1 .0 General Intruduction XLI Zuotao A23030033 2.0 Project Overview Xu Zuotao A23030033 Investigations and Assessment of Li 3.0 A23030028 Environmenital Present Condition Xiangliong Environmental Impact Assessment and 4.0 Xu Zuotao A23030033 Mitigation Measures Public Participation and Information 5.0 Xu Changxiu A23030036 Disclosures 6.0 Conclusions Xu Zuotao A23030033 Environmental Managements 7.0 Xu Zuotao A23030033 and Monitoring Plans Summinarized report Xu Zuotao A23030033 3  CONTENT 1. General Introduction .1 1 . I Background of project and assessment category . 1.2 Assessment procedures .................................................................... 1.3 Assessment purposes .................................................................. 2 1 .4Basis for compilation .................................................................. 2 1.5 Scope and time lhorizon of the EIA .................................................................. 3 1.6 Class and point of the EIA .................................................................. 4 1.7 Major Objects under Environmental Protection ......................................................... 5 1.8 Assessmienit standard ............................................ 17 1.9 Assessment mnethdod ................................................................... 19 2. Projects O er iew ............................................................ 20 2.lGeological position of the project and direction of align ent ....................................... 21 2.2Significance of the project .................................................................. 21 2.3 Present condition of the existing roads ................................................................. 22 2.4Run of the route in recommended program and major controlling points ........................... 23 2.5 Scale and standard of recommended program .......................................................... 23 2.6 The main techinical indicators ................................................................... 23 2.7 Traffic forecast ................................................................... 24 2.8 Removal and resettlement .................................................................. 24 2.9 Land occupied by project .................................................................. 25 2.10 Earthi borrowing & disposal sites .................................................................. 27 2.1 1 Construction materials and condition of transportation .............................................. 28 2.12 Estimates of investment & funds-collection ........................................................... 31 2.13 Schiedule of construction progress .................................................................. 33 2.14 Routes alternatives analysis .................................................................. 34 3. Investigations and Assessment of Environmental Present Condition 3. 1N atural environm enit .................................................................................. 36 3.2 Ecological environm-ent ...........................................36 3.32 s e sin n Eofogiate environm-ent ...................................................................... 38 3.3 Assessment of water environment ................................................................... 38 3.4 Assessment of acousti c en vironment ................................................................... 39... l 3.6 Current status assessment of social environment ...................................................... 41 4. Environmental Impact Assessment and Mitigation Measures.....43 4.1 Assessment of ecological environmental impact .................................................... 43 4.2 Water environmental impact and mitigation measures ............................................. 47 4.3 Acoustic environmental impact and mitigation measures . . 49 4.4 Ambient air impact and mitigation measures ........................................................ 54 4.5 Solid xvastes environmental impact and imitigation measures ... 55 4  4.6 Land acquisition and resettleinent as well as settlement and mitigationi measLures ... 56 4.7 Social environmental impact ............................................ 57 4.8 Impact on current traffic and mitigation measures ................................................... 58 4.9 Construction sites management .......................................... 58 4.10 Envir onmenital effect ........................... ............................... 59 4.1 1 Safe measures and guarantee ............................................ 59 5. Public Participation and Information Disclosures . . 61 5.1 Outline of public participation and negotiationi ...................................................... 61 5.2 Results of interview and investigation ....................................... 61 5.3 Collection of public attention ........................................... 63 5.4 Information disclosures ............................................... 65 5.5 Summary of tie public participation ........................................ 65 6. Conclusions ........................................... 67 6.1 Present condition of environment along the route .................................................... 67 6.2 Conclusion of im pact assessm ent .......................................................... 68 6.3 Conclusion of comprelhensive assessment .......................................................... 70 7. Environmental Managements and Monitoring Plans ............... 72 7.1 Content of environmental management plan .......................................................... 72 7.2 Organization of environmenital managemilent ......................................................... 73 7.3 Environmental management Plan .......................................................... 74 7.4 Environimental personnel training .......................................................... 79 7.5 Environimiiental protection cost assessment .......................................................... 80 LIST OF FIGURES Figure l-I Geographic Location ofthie Proposed Expressway Figure2-1 Alignment Strike of the Proposed Expressway and Distribution of Environmental Status Monitoring Spots Figure2-2 Comparison Section Routes in Gutinig Town Figure3-1 Location Connection of tie Development Project and Natural Sanctuary Figure3-2 Land Use StatLIs along the Project Area Figure7-1 Highway Environmental Management Procedures Figure7-2 Organization of Environmental Management LIST OF TABLES Table I -I The Scope of the EIA for the Proposed Expressway Tablel-2 Assessment Category and Basis Table] -3 Major Objects under Environmental protection of the Upgrading Expressway Tablel-4AirEnvironment, Acoustic Environmental Sensitive Spots and Objects Under Environmental Protection 5  Table 1-5 Lim-its Index of Soil Erosion by Water Intensity Table]-6 Quality Standard of Earth's Surface Water Table 1 -7 Ambient Air Quality Assessment Standard Table] -8 Limits of Acoustic Environment Standard Table 1-9 Standard of "Limits of Noise in Construction Sites"(GB12523-90) Table 1-10 Comprehensive Sewage Discharge Standard Table - I Bitumnen Smoke(New Pollution Source)Emission Standard Table2-1 Main Technical Indicators of the Proposed Highiway Table2-2 ResLults of Traffic Forecast for the Whole Alignment Table2-3 Area of Relocated BuLildings in the recommended Highway Table2-4 Land Used by the Project Table2-5 List of Quantities of Earth Borrowing Sites, Waste Area Sites and Area of Land Occupation Table2-6 Building Material Quarries along the alignment Table2-7 List of the Cost Assessment and Quantities of Main Materials Table2-8 Funds-collection Plan Table2-9 The Whole Progress Schedule of Project Table2- I OComparison of Major Environmental Factors in Guting Comparative Section Routes Table3-1 Results of Water QLiality Monitoring Table3-2 Results of Water Quality Analysis Table3-3 Results of Acoustic Environment Monitoring Table3-4 Results of Ambient Air Monitoring Table3-5 Results of Atmospihere Environmental Quality StatIs Assessment Table4-1 Computation for Loss of living creatures in Highway Construction Table4-2 Estimated Sewage Discharge from Bridge Construction Camp Table4-3 Scale of MajorAssisting Facility in the Highway and Sewage Discharge Table4-4 Total or Cutting Amount of Various Pollutants before or after being dealt with Table4-5 Forecasted Value of Traffic Noise in the Whole Alignment Table4-6 Standard of Acoustic Environmental Assessment in Sensitive Spots Table4-7 Forecast of Traffic Noise of Sensitive Spots along the Highway from Chongyi Counity to FengzhouLt Table4-8 Propotion of Land Occupied by Highway in Existing Land Table5-1 Summary of the Statistics of the Public Participation Survey Table5-2 Objects of Group Interview Table7-] Duty of Environmental Management Organization Table7-2 Main Duties of Environmental Monitoring Organization Table7-3 Executive Environmental Protection Plan Table7-4 Environmental Monitoring and Management Plan Table7-5 Environmental Monitoring Plan Table7-6 Environmental Personnel Training Plan 6  Table7-7 Major Environmental Protection Measures and Cost Assessment in Constructioni Phase Tahle7-8 Environmental Protection and Cost Assessment in Operation Phase 7  CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of project and assessment category Chongyi CouLnty - Fengzhou road of Ganfeng Highway is the joint of Ganyue freeway and Jingzhu freeway ,as well as the joint of Ganzhou city in Jiangxi province and the city of Chenzlhou in Hlu'nan province. Ganfeng Road is a vital communication line that leads to western China. It is an inter-provincial exit. Passing through National Highway No.323, Ganfeng Road borders on Fujian province in the east, and closes to Chenzhou city in Hunan province and Guilin city in Guangxi province in the west. It has very important meaning for improving roadnets status in Jiangxi province and Ganzhou It has positive meaning for the development of this project to improve current traffic condition in poor mountains areas. It is a vital measurement to help mountains people to shake off poverty and build up a fortune. Meanwhile, it can strength radiate to surrounding regions to furtlher enhance investment environment, develop regional economy. Arouse development of the related industry. Quicken people's shaking off poverty and building up fortune in underdeveloped. At the same time it can also quicken the steps of economic development in the city of Ganzhou. Highway from Chongyi County to Fengzhou lies in Chongyi County whiclh is in southlwestern of Jiangxi Province (refer to Figurel-l).The highway starts from Beimen Bridge of Chongyi County in the city of Ganzhou. Its ending point is located at Fengzhou township in Chongyi County. It is 48.481kkm long. The project is arranged to be under construction in Oct. of 2005, and be completed and be open to operation in Sept. of 2007. I_I i . ._ r jPunr .i* 1,,,, _ , .1 -51 1, r r 1t r , f I r t-l i -, - - F - -- _-- U -____ _= t r , , e FFL _, .r ,.1 j. , IT-- .m F- .l F _L - -Ftrl_,_ , _, I I. J rrr tr p~~~~~~1 .: F~. _ _T7 I , ;'rt r - i i tn-sr ntipr, 'h -.;r --___-_ '--a-;or --Fi . _ -. ih__-.r l _ __ _ _ I I,, I,._I Figure 2-1-1 Scheme of geological location of the development project Figure l-I Geographic Location of the Proposed Expressway  Establislhment of this project is a developing activity which has profouLnd impact on1 social, regional economy along the alignmenit. Its construction and operation to open to traffic will have strong impact on natural and social environment of the direct impacted regions of the project. The relationship between construction of project and environmental protection should be appropriately done with. According to requirement of classification management of Bank of World to assessment of environment impact of development. This project is class A project wlichl have been rebuilt, and crossed througlh residents' areas etc. environment sensitive regions. Overall assessment work of environment impact is needed to be proceeded. 1.2 Assessment procedures In the light of the order from the 253rd the State Council of <<Rules of Environmenital Protection Management in Building Project>> and Ministry of Communications the 5th <<Way of Environmental Protection Management in Transportation Construction Project>>, Ganzhou Hongtai Highway Construction Limited Company entrust Scientific Jiangxi Provincial Environmental Protection Scientific Research InstitLte with bearing the appraising work of environmental impact. In accepting the project they found a group. The group have reconnoitered, researched and collected some datum of the present condition of environment of reconstructed alignment. Be based on this according to the national related requirement and regulation, in accordance with the technical norn of National General BureaLu of Environmental Protection and Ministry of Communications. We edit << Term of Environmental Impact Assessment for Chongyi -FengzhoU Highway >>. After development unit submitting to the higher level for examination and approval, we will use it as proof of developing the assessment work of environment impact of the construction projects. In the light of the terms, the seminar seriously organized present condition monitoring and investigation research. Be based on this, they finished the compiling of environmental impact report. 1.3 Assessment purposes The purpose of assessment about environmental impact of this project: ( I ) Qualitatively or quantitatively analyze, forecast (detect) and evaluate the existing status of society, economy as well as environmental range and extent about the future impact. From the point of environmental protection, to prove highways-development and its rationality of al ignment-choosing, (2) Puts forward practical environmental protection measure and counter plan as well as optimizing environment feed back designs and construction start in the engineering. So as to reduce or decelerate disadvantageous environment impact that resulting from engineering developments. (3) Put forward management plans for the constructioll period, operation period of the project. And offer assisting information and scientific basis for along alignment acoustic and economic development, town developments and environmental protect program - 1.4 Basis for compilation 1.4.1 Relevant laws and regulations 2  ( 1 ) << Environm-ental Protection Law of People's Republic of China >> (Dec.26.1989) (2) << Law of Environmental Noise Pollution Prevention and Control of the People's RepLublic of Clhina >> (Oct.29.1996) (3) << Law of Water Pollution Prevention and Control of the People's Republic of Chinla >> (May. 15.1996) (4) << Law of Air Pollution Prevention and Control of the People's Republic of China >> (April.29.2000) (5) << Law of Solid Wastes Pollution Prevention and Control of the People's RepLublic of Cllina >> (Dec.30.1995) (6) << Law of Environmental Impact Assessment of the People's Republic of China >> (Sept. 1.2003) (7) << Water and Soil Conservation Law of the People's Republic of China >> (June.29.199 1) (8) <<Land Administration Law of the People's Republic of China >>(August.29. 1998) (9) <<Highway Law of the People's Republic of China >>(July.3.1997) (10) <<Regulations Concerning Environmental Protection Management for Construction P'roject >> [State Council Directive No. 253,] (Nov.18, 1998) ( I I ) << Regulations Concerning Environmental Protection Management for Communications Construction Project >> [(2003) MOC Directive No.5] (12) <<EIA Technique Guidelines>>[HJ/T2.1-2.3-93,HJ/T2.4-1995,HJ/TI9-1997, NEPA] (13) <<Specifications Concerning EIA for Highway Construction Project (trial)