China - Fujian Highway Sector Investment Project : environmental assessment (Vol. 2 of 5) : Environmental impact assessment report

E1 382 VOL. 2 Fujian Provincial Road Development World Bank Loan Project Changchun-Shenzhen National Arterial Trunkway Yong'an-Wuping Highway (Fujian-Guangdong border) in Fujian Province Environmental Impact Assessment Report Constructed by: Fujian Provincial Expressway General Commanding Office Sanming Yong-Wu Highway Limited Company Longyan Yong-Wu Highway Limited Company Prepared by: Ministry of Communications Highway Research Institute March 2006  I i I i i i  World Bank Loan Fujian Provincial Road Development Project Changchun-Shenzhen National Arterial Trunkway Yong'an-Wuping Highway (Fujian-Guangdong border) in Fujian Province Environmental Impact Assessment Report Constructed by: Fujian Provincial Expressway General Commanding Office Sanming Yong-Wu Highway Limited Company Longyan Yong-Wu Highway Limited Company Prepared by: Ministry of Communications Highway Research Institute March 2006  ii i i i i I I I i  Research Institute of Highway Director Yao Zhenzhong Chief Engineer : Zhang Yuanfang Division Head Shen Yi Chief Engineer Meng Qiang Project Team Leader Yan Xiaolin [EIA professional Competence Project Team Member Huang Shufang Certificate No.A 10160032] [EIA professional Competence Ye Kai Certificate No.A 10160029] [EIA professional Competence Liang Xia Certificate No.A1 0160044] [EIA professional Competence Dai Quanyu Certificate No.A10160045] Li Qiang  i i i I i I  Environmental Impact Assessment Report for Yong-Wu Highway Forewaords Forewords The Yong'an-Wuping (Fujian and Guangdong border) Highway is a component of the proposed third longitudinal expressway Changchun-Shenzhen National Arterial Trunkway of the national highway network 7918 within the territory of Fujian Province. It runs in the north Fujian mountainous regions to the north linking with the Hu-Rong National Trunkway, to the south it joins with Meizhou of Guangdong province linking with the road network in south China. Among the proposed highway network in Fujian Province, it will, along with Pucheng-Nanping Highway, Nanping-Yong'an Highway, jointly constitute a mountainous major channel running across the central axis of Fujian Province, which can connect with the Fu-Yin National Trunkway ("first horizontal"), Xia-Cheng Trunkway (second horizontal), Quan-Nan Trunkway (third horizontal), and Ningde-Shangrao (fourth horizontal) together. Therefore, the construction of this project is a necessity to accelerate formation of a perfect national arterial trunkway network and regional highway network in Fujian Province; the construction of this project will play important role in improving the regional road network structure, in improving traffic environment for investment, in promoting regional economic development along the alignment, and in reducing poverty and bettering off the people in this region and building a well-off society. Entrusted by Fujian Provincial Expressway Construction General Commanding Office on March 2004, the Ministry of Communications Highway Research Institute undertook the environmental impact assessment for this project. From Nov 3 to 12 2004, the Highway Research Institute assessment team has carried out field reconnaissance and investigation, has carefully solicited opinions from the road designer and concerned departments along the line, has extensively collected relevant data and fully understood current environmental status along the line, based on which, the ((Environmental Impact Assessment TOR)) (for examination and reviewing) for this project was compiled on Dec 2004. On Feb 1-3, 2005, the China National Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Assessment Center convened the technical reviewing meeting for the ((Environmental Impact Assessment TOR for Yong'an-Wuping Highway (Fujian-Guangdong border) of the Tianjin-Shanwei National Arterial Trunk-way in Fujian Territory)) in Longyan City of Fujian Province, which was approved. On May 16-24, 2005, the assessment team members participated in the field reconnaissance for Fujian Highway World Bank III Project, and listened to the revision opinion of World Bank experts. On October 2005, the environmental assessment team members have once again  Environmental Impact Assessment Report for Yong-Wu Highway Forewaords investigated the project and the environment along the alignment, and have completed the ((Environmental Impact Assessment Report for Yong'an-Wuping Highway (Fujian-Guangdong border) of the Changchun-Shenzhen National Arterial Trunkway in Fujian Territory)) (first draft for World Bank edition) On Jan. 11-17, 2006, the World Bank experts pre-reviewed this proposed project. the environmental assessment unit listened to the opinions of World Bank experts on this environmental impact assessment report and revised the report, and completed the ((Environmental Impact Assessment Report for Yong'an- Wuping Highway (Fujian-Guangdong border) of the Changchun-Shenzhen National Arterial Trunkway in Fujian Territory) (second draftfor World Bank edition). 2  Environmental Impact Assessment Report for Yong-Wu Highway Table of Contents Table of Contents 1 General Overview 1.1 Assessment type 1.2 Assessment objectives 1.3 Compilation basis 1.4 Assessment scope and Assessment time duration 1.5 Assessment method and key points 1.6 Environmental protection objectives 1.7 Assessment standards 1.8 Assessment grade 1.9 Assessment technical procedure 2 Project Description 2.1 Geographical location 2.2 Route alignment and bridge location scheme 2.3 Scheme of the route crossing the median strip of Liancheng airport 2.4 Traffic volume estimate 2.5 Major technical indicators and works volumes 2.6 Major works 2.7 Land occupation and removal 2.8 Roadbuilding materials and transportation conditions 2.9 Construction technique and scheme of construction organization 2.10 Investment budget 2.11 Capital raising 2.12 Schedule arrangement 3 Environmental Description and Impact Analysis 3.1 Natural conditions 3.2 Analysis of impacts on environment produced by the project 3.3 Screening of environmental impacting factors for engineering construction 3.4 Assessment contents and key points 4 Assessment of Current Environmental Conditions 4.1 Investigation and assessment of ecological environment 4.2 Investigation and assessment of current water environment 4.3 Investigation and assessment of current acoustic environment 4.4 Investigation and assessment of current ambient air 4.5 Social and economic environment 5 Environmental Impact Predication and Assessment 5.1 Prediction and assessment of ecological environmental impact 5.2 Prediction and assessment of water environmental impact 5.3 Prediction and assessment of acoustic environmental impact 5.4 Prediction and assessment of ambient air impact 5.5 Prediction and assessment of social impact 5.6 Impact on landscape environment 1  Environmental Impact Assessment Report for Yong-Wu Highway Table of Contents 6 Environmental Mitigation Measures and Their Technical/economic Assessment 6.1 Ecological environment 6.2 Water environment 6.3 Acoustic environment 6.4 Ambient air 6.5 Social environment 6.6 Environmental protection program for basic farmlands 6.7 Envirommental landscape 7 Comparison and Selection of Alternative Alignments 7.1 "No Action" analysis 7.2 Process of main route alignment selection 7.3 Comparison and selection during the pre-feasibility study stage 7.4 Comparison and selection during the feasibility study stage 7.5 Comparison and selection during the preliminary design stage 8 Environment Management and Monitoring Plan 8.1 Environment management organizations 8.2 Environmental management plan 8.3 Training of environmental protection personnel 8.4 Environmental monitoring plan 8.5 Environmental supervision plan 9 Public Participation 9.1Basic information about the public participation 9.2 The first public participation 9.3 The second public participation 9.4 The third public participation 9.5 Information disclosure 9.6 Summary and suggestion 10 Economic Analysis of Environmental Profit and Loss 10.1 National economic assessment 10.2 Environmental benefits 10.3 Investment estimate for environmental protection 10.4 Environmental protection measures and their benefit analysis 11 Assessment Conclusions 11.1 Ecological environment 11.2 Water environment 11.3 Acoustic environment 11.4 Ambient air 11.5 Social environment 11.6 Public participation 11.7 Environment management and monitor plan 11.8 Economic analysis of environment profit and loss 11.9 Comprehensive assessment 11.1 0 Suggestions 2  Environmental Impact Assessment Report for Yong-Wu Highway Table of Contents Appendix: 1. Introduction of the environmental assessment unit and staff member 2. References 3. public participation along the alignment (group interview) 4. List of tables and figures 5. List of relevant reports 6. Letter of engagement Attached figures: 1. Route alignment and environmental monitoring point lay-out for Yong-Wu Highway 2. Route alignment plane drawing of Yong-Wu Highway passing through the medium strip of Liancheng Airport 3. Plane drawing of sensitive locations along Yong-Wu Highway 3  Environmental Impact Assessment Report for Yong-Wu Highway I General Overview 1 General Overview 1.1 Assessment type The proposed Yong'an-Wuping Highway (Yong-Wu Highway for short) is a newly built four-lane expressway with a total length about 196.565 kilometers. There are many residential quarters along the alignment, which are relatively sensitive to acoustic environment; the route lies mostly in hills and low mountains with criss-crossed valleys and ravines along the alignment, and many short but rapid water streams, thus exerting a great influence on ecological environment. According to the China National Environmental Protection Agency's requirement on environmental impact assessment classification for construction project, this project shall carry out a comprehensive environmental impact assessment. Because this project intends to apply for World Bank loan, so according to World Bank requirements on environmental impact assessment classification for loan projects, this project is an A project. 1.2 Assessment objectives Road construction is a developmental activity which will produce profound influences on society and on regional economy along the alignment, its construction and operation will exert a very tremendous impact on natural environment and social environment of the project directly influenced regions, thus the interrelation between project implementation and environmental protection must be properly handled. The objectives of environmental impact assessment for this project are aimed at: 1. Carrying out environmental impact assessment for this project along the alignment so as to justify the rationality of this project construction in terms of environmental protection, to comprehensively compare and select existing local alternative line schemes in terms of environmental protection, and to provide necessary scientific basis for selecting the project scheme 2. Carrying out investigations on social and natural environment in the assessment scope along the alignment so as to predict the impacts on environment caused by the design, construction and operation for this project and to put forward corresponding feasible measures and countermeasures for environmental protection and optimization. 4  Environmental Impact Assessment Report for Yong-Wu Highway I General Overview 3. Feedbacking environmental protective measures, suggestions and assessment conclusions to engineering design and construction so as to offer scientific basis for optimizing engineering design and to reduce or mitigate the negative effects on surrounding environment caused by engineering construction. 4. Providing infonnation and scientific basis for decision-making in the environmental management during construction and operation periods as well as in economic development, urban construction and environmental planning along the alignment. 1.3 Compilation basis 1.3.1 National laws and regulations ( 1 ) ([People's Republic of China Law on Environmental Protection)) (2) ((People's Republic of China Law on Environmental Impact Assessment)) (3) ((People's Republic of China Law on Water and Soil Conservation)) (4) ((People's Republic of China Law on Land Management)) and ((Implementing Regulations of People's Republic of China Law on Land Management)) (5) ((People's Republic of China Law on Agriculture)) and ((Regulations of Basic Farmland Protection)) (6) ((People's Republic of China Law on Prevention and Control of Ambient Noise Pollution)) (7) ((People's Republic of China Law on the Prevention and Treatment of Water Pollution)) and ((Implementing Regulations of People's Republic of China Law on the Prevention and Treatment of Water Pollution)) (8) ((People's Republic of China Law on Air Pollution Prevention)) (9) ((People's Republic of China Law on Solid Waste Pollution Prevention)) (10) ((People's Republic of China Law on Cultural Relics Protection)) (11) ((People's Republic of China Law on Road)) (12) ((People's Republic of China Law on Road traffic Safety)) (13) ((People's Republic of China Law on Wild Animal Protection)) (14) ((People's Republic of China Law on Flood Control)) (15) ((People's Republic of China Law on Fishery)) 5  EnviTonmental Impact Assessment Report for Yong-Wu Highway I General Overview (16) ((Environmental Protection Management Regulations of Construction Project)) K State Council ordinance No. 253)] (17) (Pollution Prevention Management Regulations for Drinking Water Protection Zone)) (18) (( Environmental Protection Management Regulations of Road Construction Project)) K Ministry of Communications ordinance No. 5, 2003)] 1.3.2 Regional laws and regulations (1) ((Environmental Protection Management Regulations for Construction Project in Fujian Province)) (2) ((Methods for Implementing People's Republic of China Law on Water and Soil Conservation in Fujian Province)) (3) ((Environmental Protection Regulations in Fujian Province)) (4) ((Basic Farmland Protection Regulations in Fujian Province)) 1.3.3 Regulations and other regulatory documents (1) ((State Council Notice on Further Promoting Construction of Nationwide Green Passageways)) K State Council ordinance [2000]No. 31)] (2) ((State Council Notice on Issuing National Ecological Environmental Protection Guideline)) KState Council ordinance [2000]No. 38) (3) ((Urgent Notice on Forbidding Occupying Basic Farmland for Planting Issued by State Council)) (State Council ordinance [2004]No 1, 2004.3.20) (4) Notice on releasing the amendment of ((Ambient Air Quality Standard)) (GB3095-1996)(environrnent[2000]No.1, National Environrnental Protection Agency) (5) ((Environmental Protection Classification Management Register for Construction Project)) KNational EnviroDmental Protection Agency ordinance [2002]No. 14) (6) (( Notice about Ambient Noise in Environmental Impact Assessment in Construction Projects such as Highway, Railway (Including Light Railway))) (environment (2003) No. 946, National Environmental Protection Agency) 6  Environmental Impact Assessment Report for Yong-Wu Highway I General Overview (7) ( Notice on Most Rigid Implementing Cultivated Land Protection in Road Construction)) (issued by the Ministry of Conmmunications [2004]No. 164, 2004.4.6) (8) (K Notice on Launching Environmental Supervision for Transportation Engineering)) KMinistry of Communications[2004]No. 314, June 15 2004] 1.3.4 Technical standards and specifications (1) (KTechnical Guidelines for Environmental ImpactAssessment)) KHJ/T2.1-2.3-93)] (2) ((Technical Guidelines for Environmental Impact Assessment-non-pollutive ecological impact)) EHJ/T19-19971 (3) ((Technical Guidelines for Environmental Impact Assessment acoustic environment)) KHJRT2.4-1995] (4) ((Environmental Impact Assessment Specification for Road Construction Project))) KJTJO05)] (5) (K Water Conservation Technical Regulations for Developmental Construction Project)) (SL-98) (6) (KWorld Bank Operational Policies and Guidelines OP/BP/GP 4.01 Environmental Assessment)) and its appendixes, Jan. 1999 (7) ((World Bank Operational Policies and Guidelines OP/BP/GP 4.02 Environmental Action Plan)), Jan. 1999 (8) (K World Bank Policies on Security Assurance)) 1.3.5 Technical documents (1) ((Yong'an City Overall Land Utilization Planning (1997-2010))) (2) ((Fujian Peoples Governments Reply on Drinking Water Source Protection Zoning in Sanming and Yong'an Cities)) (3) ((Ecological Functional Zoning in Yong 'an City)) (4) ((Longyan City Surface Water Functional Zoning)) (5) ((Longyan City Ambient Air Quality Functional Zoning)) (6) ((Longyan Municipal Government s Notice on Adjusting Surface Water Functional Zoning in Longyan)) (7) ((Liancheng County Overall Tourism Planning in Fujian Province)) 7  Environmental Impact Assessment Report for Yong-Wu Highway I General Overview (8) ((Study on Liancheng County 1997-2010 Overall Land Utilization Planning in Fujian Province)) (9) ((Ecological Functional Zoning in Shanghang County)) (10) ((Shanghang County Agricultural Zoning Report)) (11) ((Shanghang County Overall Land Utilization Planning 1997-2010)) (12) ((Wuping County Water Conservation and Ecological Environmental Planning (2000-2030))) (13) ((Wuping County Overall Land Utilization Planning 199 7-2010)) 1.3.6 Technical reports (1) ((Feasibility Study Report for Yong'an-Wuping Highway (Fujian-Guangdong border) of the Changchun-Shenzhen National Arterial Trunkway in Fujian Territory)) Fujian Provincial Transportation Planning and Design Institute, May 2005 (2) ((Preliminary Design for Yong'an- Wuping Highway (Fujian-Guangdong border) of the Changchun-Shenzhen National Arterial Trunkway in Fujian Territory)) Fujian Provincial Transportation Planning and Design Institute, Nov. 2005 (3) ((Reviewing Opinions on Terms ofReference of Environmental Impact Assessment for Yong'an-Wuping Highway (Fujian-Guangdong border) of the Changchun-Shenzhen National Arterial Trunkway in Fujian Territory)) National Environmental Protection Agency Assessment document [2005] No. 45, March 1, 2005 (4) (( Letter on Environmental Impact Assessment Standards for Yong'an-Wuping Highway in Fujian Province)) Fujian Environrmental Supervision Letter [2005] No. 113, Aug. 16, 2005 (5) (( Memorandum of Loan Project Identification Mission of Fujian Road Department (May 6-23, 2005) )) June 6, 2005 (6) ((Memorandum of Pre-reviewing Mission for Road Investment Project in Fujian, Jan 11-17, 2006)) 1.4 Assessment scope and Assessment time duration 1.4.1 Assessment scope According to the environmental impact characteristics of the design, construction and operation periods of Yong-Wu project and the natural environmental characteristics in each highway section, and by referring to past practical experiences in enviromnental impact 8  Environmental Impact Assessment Report for Yong-Wu Highway I General Overview assessment and analogical monitoring, the assessment scope for this project is identified as follows. 1. Ecological environment In principle the assessment scope for ecological environment is the area 300m within the highway centerline at both sides, but the areas of earth borrow pits and waste disposal sites 300m away from highway centerline are also the assessment scope. Soil erosion assessment scope is mainly the fill/cutting slopes, earth borrow pits and waste disposal sites. 2. Acoustic environment The assessment scope for acoustic environment is the area 200m within the highway centerline at both sides. 3. Water environment The assessment scope for water environment is the area 200m within the highway centerline at both sides, and is the water area 500m upstream from bridge location and lOOOm downstream from bridge location. 4. Ambient air quality The assessment scope for ambient air environment is the area 200m within the highway centerline at both sides. 5. Social environment The investigation scope includes the directly-influenced areas, mainly Yong'an City, Liancheng County, Shanghang County, and Wuping County. 1.4.2 Assessment time duration The selection of assessment time duration comprehensively considers the design, construction and operation periods as well as the traffic volume predicting period in the ((Feasibility Study Report)) , with the years of 2010, 2017 and 2025 being chosen to represent the initial, mid and long-term operation periods respectively. Assessment time limit in construction period is the construction time, lasting 4 years from 2006 to 2010. 9  Environmental Impact Assessment Report for Yong-Wu Highway I General Overview 1.5 Assessment method and key points This project is a large-scale, newly-built linear developmental project characterized by the existence of many sensitive locations, long length and wide impacted areas. According to field survey and reconnaissance along the proposed highway, it is decided to adopt the assessment principle of "focusing on point, combining point with section to feedback the whole alignment". (1) Analysis and assessment are conducted according to the environmental characteristics of traffic volume, project, topography, and meteorology predicted in the ((Feasibility Study Report)) (2) Assessment of acoustic environment during operation period mainly adopts mode prediction method to calculate and analyze; assessment of ecological environment and water environment adopts a method combining investigation, analogical analysis and mode prediction; assessment of social environment, life quality, and public participation adopts investigation and analytical method; assessment of ambient air environment adopts a method combining prediction and analogical analysis. (3) To assess major environmental protection objectives one by one. The key points for this assessment are ecological environmental impact assessment during construction period and traffic noise impact assessment during operation period. 1.6 Environmental protection objectives The environmental protection objectives for this assessment are the ecological environment and water and soil conservation of basic farmlands, vegetation, river water quality, high-filling and deep-cutting sections, earth borrowing pits and waste sites within the assessment scope; are the ecological environment of Guanzhaishan scenic spot, as well as the normal schooling environment and life quality of inhabitants within 200m from the highway centerline. In designing the route alignment, attention has been paid to avoid villages, but still it will unavoidably influence some villages, small towns, and water bodies, etc. According to field reconnaissance, the main environmental protection objectives along the recommended scheme are identified as shown in Table 1.6-1. 10  Environmental Impact Assessment Report for Yong-Wu Highway I General Overview Table 1.6-1 List of major environmental protection objectives Enviromental ment Environmental characteristics and al protection Central stake No impact factor ..overview objectives Guanzhaishan sceneric spot, whose boundary is lkm from the alignment and 1.2km from Liancheng Interchange The whole route will take up farmlands of 9292 mu IVYK1 7+670-IVYK20+23 Natural 0 Mahong Tunnel, with length of vegetation IVZK1 7+7004fVZK20+23 2546 M and water 2 Ecological conservation YK59+595--YK62+150 environment Makengshan Tunnel 2630 m long enlomet i ZK59+595--ZK62+300 high-filling YK185+238.0 and YK188+211.0 deep-cutting ZK1 85+266.0-ZK1 88+249 Longjing Tunnel 2978.Om long sections and .0 I tunnel A total of 27 tunnels with total length of 24970m for the excavation recommended scheme sections Earth borrowing pits and 5 earthborrowingpits, 101 waste waste disposal sites disposal sites Wenchuan K2+300 Maping Bridge River Jiuxian K114+036 Chetou Bridge River Water environment Tingjiang K152 +840 Shanghang Bridge Riverl Shenpi K159+555 Shangduan Bridge reservoir II_ 4 receptive water bodies of sewage from service area Social .m Life quality of impacted people, land utilization, urban planning Ienvironment Relevant cultural relics departments had been entrusted for carrying out cultural relics investigation within the project region. There are no protected Relics along cultural relics units listed by the governments at country, province, or city level, and there are no existence of underground archaic cultural relic sites. Acoustic environment 4 schools,l nursery for elderly, 75 residences, see Table 4.3-1 Ambient air 11  Environmental Impact Assessment Report for Yong-Wu Highway I General Overview 1.7 Assessment standards According to the review document [2005] No. 113 of Fujian Provincial Environmental Protection Agency on the assessment standards for Yong -Wu Highway and according to World Bank environmental experts' requirements, the applicable standards for this project are as following: 1. Assessment standards for surface water quality Water quality in Wenchuan River, Jiuxian River and Tingjiang River within the assessment scope applies class III water quality criteria of the ((Surface Water Environmental Quality Standard)) (GB3838-2002). Farmland irrigation water applies class 1 criteria of ((Farmland Irrigation Water Quality Standard)) (GB5084-92 ). Sewage discharged from service areas, parking lots and toll stations applies class 1 criteria of ((Sewage Comprehensive Discharge Standard)) (GB8978-1996) Each assessment factor's limit values corresponding to the above standards are listed in Table 1.7-1. Table 1.7-1 Water quality assessment standards (excerpt) Petroleum S S Permangan BODs Assessment standard pH products ate index B 0 D I ( mg/L) (mg/L) (mg/L) (mg/L) ((Surface Water Environmental Quality Standard)) 6-9 50.05 150* 56 4l (GB3838-2002) class III limits - ((Surface Water Environmental Quality Standard)) 6-9 5).5 150* -10 E6 (GB3838-2002) class lVlimits (( Farmland Irrigation Water 5.5 Quality Standard )) . .0 -- 50 - E0 (GB5084-92 )class I limits (( Sewage Comprehensive Discharge Standard)) 6-9 c5 <70 -