China - Nanning-Guangzhou Railway Project : environmental assessment (Vol. 4 of 5) : Environmental management plan

Page 1 Nanning-Guangzhou Railway Project Environmental Management Plan China Railway Second Survey and Design Institute April 2009 E2109 v4 Page 2 CONTENTS 1. GENERAL INTRODUCTION ...............................................................................4 1.1 Project background...................................................................................................................................4 1.2 Project Description ...................................................................................................................................4 1.3 Applicable Standards................................................................................................................................6 1.4 Key Environmental Sensitive Areas ........................................................................................................8 2. MITIGATION MEASURES ................................................................................ 11 3. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES ............................. 25 3.1 Management Organization and Responsibilities..................................................................................25 3.2 Environmental Supervision....................................................................................................................27 3.3 Management of Contractors..................................................................................................................31 4. ENVIRONMENTAL TRAINING PROGRAM ..................................................... 32 4.1 Training Targets and Contents ..............................................................................................................32 4.2 Training Methods and Costs..................................................................................................................32 5. LEGAL EFFECTS OF EMP ................................................................................ 35 6. FRAMEWORK FOR NEW TEMPORARY WORKS .......................................... 36 6.1 General Principles...................................................................................................................................36 6.2 Access Road Design Recommendations................................................................................................37 7. ESTIMATE OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INVESTMENT ................ 38 7.1 Principle and Basis..................................................................................................................................38 7.2 Investment Category...............................................................................................................................38 7.3 Estimate of Environmental Protection Investment..............................................................................38 ANNEX 1 NOISE MITIGATION MEASURES ANNEX 2 VIBRATION MITIGATION MEASURES ANNEX 3 MITIGATION MEASURES FOR KEY TUNNELS AND BRIDGES ANNEX 4 MITIGATION MEASURES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SENSITIVE AREAS ANNEX 5 MITIGATION MEASURES FOR WATER SOURCE PROTECTION AREAS ANNEX 6 WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM FOR RAILWAY STATIONS ANNEX 7 LOCATIONS OF THE OLD TREES ANNEX 8 LIST OF BORROW AND DISPOSAL SITES ANNEX 9 SUMMARY OF SOIL EROSION CONTROL PLAN Page 3 ANNEX 10 LIST OF APPLICABLE STANDARDS Page 4 4 1. General Introduction 1.1 Project background The proposed Nanning-Guangzhou Railway Project (Nan-Guang Line) is a new 466.734km double track railway line starting from Nanning in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, and ending at Guangzhou in Guangdong province in south China. The construction period is expected to be 4.5 years, commencing in late 2008 and the line is proposed to be commissioned by end of 2012. According to both Chinese EA laws/regulations and the World Bank Operation Policies 4.01 Environmental Assessment, the proposed project is a Category A project due to its scale of potential environmental and social impact and the sensitivity of the project areas, and full environmental impact assessment report is required. The EMP specifies project activities, potential impacts, mitigation measures, implementation entities, monitoring entities, budget allocation, monitoring indicators, as well as environmental management and supervision institutional setup and capacity building training program. This EMP will be part of contractual documents for contractors and supervision engineers. The mitigation measures developed in EMP will be incorporated into preliminary design and detail design, and will be fully implemented by contractors under contractual obligations. Under Chinese EIA law, an EIA is based on the Feasibility Study (FS) and, after being approved, should not be changed unless there are fundamental changes in the project scope. Because of the rapid design progress, the RAP of NanGuang Railway has been prepared based on the Preliminary Design (PD), which is more detailed than the FS. Compared to the FS, the NanGuang PD reduced the total land acquisition by 4.59% and demolition by 12.10%. In the PD, there are 20 stations, two more than in the FS. Minor adjustments to route alignment have also reduced the total length from 466 km in the FS to the latest estimate of 462 km. The potential impact is assessed and concluded that this will cause little change to the overall impact of the project assuming mitigation measures are implemented effectively during construction. 1.2 Project Description Salient technical parameters of the railway line are: