China - Second Anhui Provincial Highway Project : environmental assessment (Vol. 3 of 9) : Environment management plan

E685 Vol. 3 World Bank Financed Project 'Anhui Expressway Project 11 Tongling-Tangkou Expressway Project Environment Management Plan World Bank Financed Project Office of Anhui Provincial Communications Department Dec. 2002 flL _CO_PY  Tongling-Tangkou Highway EMP CONTENTS Chapter I Introduction ...........................................I 1.1 Project Background ...........................................1 1.2 Applicable Laws, Regulations and Standards . ..........................................1 1.3 Environmental Management Organizations ..........................................4 1.4 Environmental Management Plan Components ..........................................8 Chapter 2 Main Conclusions of Impact Assessment ...........................................9 Chapter 3 Mitigation Measures ........................................... 16 3.1 Feasibility Study Stage ..16 3.2 Design Stage ..16 3.2.1 Mitigation Measures for Ecosystem Impacts .16 3.2.2 Mitigation for Noise Impacts .18 3.2.3 Mitigation to Water Environment .19 3.2.4 Mitigation to Air Pollution .20 3.2.5 Socio-economic Mitigation .21 3.2.6 Soil Erosion .24 3.2.7 Scenic Sites .25 3.3 Construction Stage ..25 3.3.1 Impact Mitigation for Ecosystem .25 3.3.2 Noise .28 3.3.3 Water Mitigation .28 3.3.4 Air Quality .29 3.3.5 Socio-economic Impact Mitigation .29 3.3.6 Soil Erosion Mitigation .33 3.3.7 Visual Impacts Mitigation .33 3.4 Operation Stage ..34 3.4.1 Mitigation to Ecosystem Impacts .34 3.4.2 Noise .35 3.4.3 Water Impacts .36 3.4.4 Mitigation of Impacts from Increased Tourists .37 3.4.5 SurroundingArea .38 Chapter 4 Environmental Supervision Plan ........................................ 40 Chapter 5 Environmental Monitoring Plan . . . ..................................... 41 Chapter 6 Personnel Training .......................................... 45 Chapter 7 Estimated Cost for Environmental Protection . . ...................................... 46  Tongling-Tangkou Highway EMP Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 Project Background The proposed Tongling-Tangkou Highway Project (the TTH or the Project) is located in the Wannan (south Anhui) mountainous and economically disadvantaged region in Anhui Province, P. R. China. The TTH is roughly oriented from north to south, starting from Tongling at the south bank of the Yangtze River and ending at Shacha village in Tangkou at the foot of the Huangshan Mountain. The entire highway region is within a region bordered by east longitude 117