China - Inner Mongolia Highway Project : environmental assessment (Vol. 3 of 4) : Laoyemiao - Jining Section ennvironmental action plan

E531 V 3 Inner Mongolia Highway Project, People 's Republic of China Laoyemiao-Jining Section of the Planned National Artery Highway from Dandong to Lhasa Environmental Action Plan Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Departnent of Communications January, 2002 FWlE COPY  Inner Mfongolia Highway Project, People 's Republic of China Laoyemiao-Jining Section of the Planned National Artery Highway from Dandong to Lhasa Environmental Action Plan Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Department of Communications January, 2002  Inner Mongolia Highway Project, People 's Republic of China Laoyemiao-Jining Section of the Planned National Artery Highway from Dandong to Lhasa Environmental Action Plan Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Departnent of Communications January, 2002  Preface In order to implement the mitigation measures proposed by "the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIS) of Laoyemiao-Jining Section of the Planned National Trunk Highway from Dandong to Lhasa, to minimize potentially significant adverse environmental impacts and enhance the overall quality of the project, we prepare the Environmental Action Plan (EAP) of the project according to the ETS of the Highway and environmental assessment guidance of the World Bank.  CONTENT I Brief Description ..1 1. Brief Description of the Project . 1.2 Brief Introduction to Environment along the Route .. 3 1.3 Major Environmentally Sensitive Spots . 5 1.4 Existing Environmental Quality .*--. . . 6 2 Environmental Impact Conclusion . . 8 3 Environmental Mitigation Measures . .11 3.1 Mitigation Measures during Construction Phase . 11 3.2 Mitigation Measures during Operation Phase . .15 4 Environmental Action Plan *-----... 17 4.1 EnvironmentalProtectionPlan .17 4.2 Environmental Monitoring Plan . .21 4.3 Estimated Cost for Environmental Protection . .23 5 Institution Arrangements for Environmental Management-.....25 5.1 Institutions for Environmental Protection .25 5.2 Training Plan for Environmental Protection Personnel .. 26  Environmental Action Plan for Laoyemiao- Jining Highway I Brief Description 1. I Brief Description of the Project The proposed Laoyemiao to Jining Highway is a completely new alignment. It lies in the mid-westem part of Inner Mongolia being one section connecting Hohhot and Jining as major cities in Inner Mongolia. It passes through Xinghe County and the City of Jinning. For its geographical location, see Figure 1-1. The starting point of the recommended option is at Laoyemiao on the border between Inner Mongolia and Hebei Province. It heads from east for west to the destination ( Sanhaonandi of Jining ). 1.1.1 Major Technical Standards The total length of the recommended route is 91.28 km with a total cost of 1,779 billion yuan RMB. It is suggested that the whole line be newly built by adopting expressway technical standards. The construction period is three years (2002-2004). The major technical indexes are shown in Table 1-1. Tablel-1 Major Technical Standards for the Alignment Items _ Unit Levels Notes ___Road_cla_ s __c__= expressway Plain Ii htrollin areas Road length Km 91.28 Design speed kmth o100 Subgrade width M 26 Driving lane width M 4 X 3.75 ___ _ Min. Radius of horizontal M 400 Max. Longitudinal grade % 4 Total width of large or M 2X12.5 middle--sized bridges 2 1. Bridge design load Atrailper -20, Pavement structure types TrAutoser 120, Asphalt and concrete 1.1.2 Baseline Engineering Works The major work amount of the proposed highway is shown in Table 1-2. Table 1-2 Predicted Work Amount of the project Order Item Unit Amount I _Alignment length km 91.28 2 Earth/stone works km' 12492.82 3 Subgrade prytection ke2 5991.49 4 Pavement kn)2 2031.10 Large bridge m/place 1387.02t8 6 Middle-sized or small bridges m/place 1049.3t30 7 Interchanges Location 2 8 Passageways place 78 9 Land occupied mu"_ 7491. 10 Service areas Place 2 11 X = Toll stations place 2__ Total cost billion 1.779 Note 1): a unit of area, I mu=0.067 ha I  9 o(~1) Existing Highway(G11O) | Hebei Province '-'I w saltntcrla -. *1. )64t . 11 ,.| 1Bawang Ri'vi HLM11ti,i Like el , > /Laoverniao ;2 < / I r {f CDlDIES(NO7i >~~~~~~~ Beijing -vKJt K I9 (t!At9) \E4ri