China - Second Xinjiang Highway Project : environmental impact assessment (Vol. 3 of 6)

. geqo II The People's RepuDblic of China Urumqi-Kuitur- H'igl ;vay Prtoject Environmental Action Plan Comuicton Dpm- nto ..V i. /1 I I~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I~I Communications Department of Xinjinag Uygur Autonomous Region!,Cbina November 1995 I~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -  I Content' '. Introduc:; .n .............I........................................ 2. Potential Environmental Impact and Their MIiligation Me.asures .............................................................. -.- ---( 2) 3. Environmetnal Monitoring Plan -.- -. (16) 4. Institutional Arrangements .... - (17) 3. Implementation Schedule and Cost Estimates of All Environmen- tal Protection .-...... -................ --.. -..-(18) Appendix-: 1. Organizational Chart of U-K High% yay 2. Map on The Environmental Monitoring Points along U-K High- way 3. Map Showving environmetnally Sensitive areas.  1. IntroEuction 1.1 Project introduction Lrumqi-Kuisun highw&aF is situated in the northern foot of Tian-han Mountains and Sour- ther border on the Junggar Basin of XCinjiang Uygur Autonomoui Region.PRC. The staring point of the highwaF is Wulapc in'l0km from Urumqi citv and the terminal point ts Ruttiun city. The highway oass through Xizhan Changji city . Hutnubi county . Manasi countF . Shihizi city . Stawan county and Anjihai etc. The whole line of U - K hiqhway is 256km long . (including second grade highway 1 7. 17 km. first grade highway 13. 10lkn ardl expressway 225. 336knm). ID Interchang Separiation will be built in this hirhwav .and the link lite is 3S. 973km long .U-K highway project is the WVorld Bank Lending proiect. with larzt scale-high standard and high cost Total investment is 482. 2 millions Yuan(R-MB). The wrhole project will be finished in 4 years 1. 2 Analysis on Each Alernatives (D Urumnqi transit plan of U-K highway: _ New transit plan:The beginning is at Wulapo.ic goes to the ?orthwest.then to .he north through the place 2 km away from the west ol Yanalik mounta. .crosses Xishan highway. Continuousiy .to the north crosses over the railway of north staton . Thena -to the w-est -over Xizhan railwav.linked with the joint line of Shangshahe-Xizhan The newe transit is -9 kilo. meters long. -Upgranding of the present transit line:Thle present transit line is froni Wnlapo.to cement plant.-South station .the mouth of Hfongshan .Jiujiawan .to timber mill. The total length i' 23 kiilometers. Compared uith the upgrading of present transit line. the new cransit plan can avoid the dis- trubance on city traffic. The direction is snooth and quick wit less pollution and resettle- ment. In the prinicile "Near but not into city .the new line can not only make a good use of the present highway but also play an active role for enhancing activities of Urumqi. It't of less entironment pollution -srsall amount of resettlemnt -So the new transit line was adopt- ed. (Q) The south and north plans from Xizhan to Wugongta; liThe south plan : It starts from d.c intersect of Xizhan -goes along the south of Sanping orxn district .through place 2km away fronm the south of Sanping farm -8km awav from the south to Changii.crossing over Santunhe river and rusts %%ith Changii-Hutubi seconcr-clas.t s-pe- cial highway.The whole length is G2. 675 kilometers. -!The norch plan: It's at the Northern side of Urumqi-Changji rirst -class highway-goet West chrough Urumqi social welfare- May Dasy farm .about ol kilometer away from the Morth of Cbangji citv -continouslv to Yushug; v-illage.WYugongtai -and links with the south plan. The longth is 64. 68 'kilometers. Tht south plan has following good points: (a) the inhabitants LA relative!hy scattered: Cb) i . _ I _-1  .0 there's less noise and fewer atmosphere -sensiti e places: Uc )Smooth quick line. reasonable direction .good geology conditions; (d)the line arratigements nistch plans of towrns and citite along the line:(ekcorv.nient with little dust. Therefore.The south plan was adopted. M3.Shihezi section pla3:Shihezi is one of the biggest controll points along U-K highway. There are two plans .the south and the north: iVThe south plan: Passing through Wugongtai.the line runs through the place Sni away to the south of Manasi county .at the south of North Xit.jinag rail'vay.the alignmeiit strectchea toward northwest over Manasi river .then to southwest.over; the northern railway. to the south for 4km. west along the railway. It ends at Xinghuc. comr'une of Shihezi . with 32. 4 kiloneters length. "The North plan: Passing through Wugongtai it runs through the place 2. Snm away from tihe sonth of Manasi town -then ic strecthes toward northwest and crosses o%vr Urumqi-Yili highway and Manasi rivcr .to the north of Shihezi . to the south west then over U-Y highway and the railway of North Xinjing mad it joints the south line .The whole line is 35. 9km long. The south plan has following good points :(a)he farm land used in the south plan is much less than that in the north plan and the land along the south line is lower-class Land .b)lit. tie work in ressetlement.havinga small populatic '-)Dust pollution caused by carrying the earth and stone is litle in Shihezi . (d)the sud* . has better geology. So the south plan W i5 adopted. 1. 3 Major environmenul impacts (1 )The atmospheric en%ironnrent to be most significantlv affected will be dust in carrying. filling and digging during the construction phase and tail gas during the operation pha e. (7)The noise by filling and digging .and mechanical noise during coustruction will affect nor- nul ;;fe of local residents -especially at night. The accomplishment of U - K highwav will worsen the acoustic environment within 200 m in both sides . The effect of Inoise on the evnironment will be apparent (or the sleep. .rest.%vork and learning of people in some noise sensitive areas. (3)The project will take up 754ha of farmland.ll8ta of desert pasturl and 383337trees will be cut and the irrigation systems will be affected during construction phase. I C4)The livestock transnigration will be affected -the afrected area will be Anjihai- Kuitain -ection. 2. Potential Envjronaum Impacts and Their . Mitigation .Measures.. 2. 1 Potential Enivironmental Impacts 2.1.1 iAnnosphere The atmospheric environ'ment to be most significantly affected will be dust (in crring -fill- ing and digging) during the construction phase and tail gas duri4;g the operation pLse. In av- erage traffic volume.air quality will exceed NOx *tandards at one section .in 2000 .10 xec- tions in .2010 and 14 sections in 2020.However.probability of exceiding standards are lees -2- I. .~* .. .. . . ;-; . . . - . N , - , - , . .~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ . .  than 9N of the yea. ute table 1) T. E 1 Pollution degre and scope of esceeding stndard determined bw NOX comenratioa in one time of atonal traffic volume borecas verti:al anale of 5decre I arall.1 aing ection 2Om concer 6l0M conce score Iom concere scope year . tannion _LL_ ;ntion (cm) tranuon (m) 7000- Bananz-gh2rdi _ _ -5 - . 20L Xishan-Sizhan 0.158 25 2010 Xi-Jhan-Bangang 0.219 55 0.16S 25 Bangsng Changji 0. 302 S5 0.226 60 Chang