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E1629 Environmental Impact Report of World Bank Financed Anhui E1629 Public Disclosure Authorized Environmental Impact Report of World Bank Financed Anhui Highway Project III Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Anhui Provincial Communication Department Shanghai Ship & Shipping Research Institute Public Disclosure Authorized April, 2007 TABLE OF CONTENTS Preamble ........................................................... 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .............................................. 1. Description of the Anhui Highway Rehabilitation Project ...................... 1 1.1 Overview of the Existing Road Network ............................ 1.2 Description of the Subprojects .................................... 2 1.3 EA Basis ................................................... 3 1.4 Report Structure .............................................. 4 1.5 Project Location .............................................. 8 1.6 Institutional Framework for Road Network Management in Anhui .......... 8 2. Environmental Baseline ............................................. 10 2.1 General Environmental Setting .................................. 10 2.2 Major Environmental Characteristics .............................. 10 3. Environmental Issues: Road Rehabilitation Subprojects ...................... 14 3.1 Overview of the Road Rehabilitation Subprojects ..................... 14 3.2 Primary Enironmental Issues .................................... 14 4. Environmental Issues: Road Improvement Subprojects ....................... 17 4.1 Summary of Environmental Issues ................................ 17 5. Environmental Issues - S322 Taohuatan to Gantang Highway .................. 23 5.1 Background and Subproject Description ............................ 23 5.2 Project Benefits and Justification ................................. 24 5.3 Environment Baseline ......................................... 25 5.3.1 Topography ........................................... 25 5.3.2 Hydrology ............................................ 26 5.3.3 Vegetation ............................................ 26 5.3.4 Forest, Biodiversity and Cultural Properties .................... 26 5.3.5 Social-Economic Baseline ................................. 27 5.3.6 Tourism Resources (Tourism Development Plan) ................. 28 5.4 Primary Environmental Issues during Construction and Operation .......... 29 5.4.1 Soil Erosion .......................................... 29 5.4.2 Drainage ............................................. 30 5.4.3 Tree Cutting .......................................... 30 5.4.4 Disposal of Spoil and Solid Waste ........................... 30 5.4.5 Wildlife .............................................. 31 5.4.6 Impact to Irrigation ..................................... 32 5.4.7 Impact on Landscape .................................... 32 5.4.8 Impact of Construction Camps .............................. 32 5.4.9 Impact on Tourism ...................................... 33 5.4.10 Resettlement and Comnmunity Impacts ........................ 33 5.5 Analysis of Alternatives ....................................... 34 6. Environmental Management Plan ...................................... 36 6.1 Environmental Management Institutions and Responsibilities ............. 36 6.2 Mitigation Measures .......................................... 36 I 6.3 Environmental Supervision Organizations ........................................ 42 6.4 Environmental Monitoring Plan .................................. 43 Objectives ...................................................... 44 Implementing organization ....................................... 44 Environmental Monitoring Plan ................................... 44 6.5 Institutional Strengthening and Training ........................................ 49 6.6 Estimated Budget and Implementation Schedule ...................... 49 7. Public Consultation .............................................. 52 7.1 Road Rehabilitation Subprojects ........................................ 52 7.2 Road Improvement Subprojects ........................................ 53 7.3 New Construction Subproject ................................... 55 8. Environmental Management in Construction Phase ......................... 57 Annex ............................................................ 66 II LIST OF TABLES Table 1.1 Current Condition of Six Improvement Subprojects .............................................. 5 Table 1.2 Current Condition of 18 Road Rehabilitation Subprojects ..................................... 6 Table 1.3 Description of Anticipated Results after Project ........................ 7 Table 3.1 Summary of Primary Environmental Concerns ........................ 14 Table 3.2 Summary of Primary Environmental Concerns (continued) ............................. 15 Table 4.1 Environmental Issues for Road Improvement Subprojects (except S322) ........... 18 Table 5.1 Socio-economic Feature of the Project Area ......................... 28 Table 5.2 Alternative Comparison in Environmental impact ............................................... 35 Table 6.1 Institutions and Responsibilities for EMP ........................... 36 Table 6.2 Summary of Impact Mitigation .................................. 37 Table 6.3 Responsibilities of Environmental Regulatory Institutions .................................. 42 Table 6.4 Environmental Supervision Plan ................................. 43 Table 6.4 Environmental Monitoring Plan for Road Improvement Subprojects ........ 46 Table 6.6 Construction Phase Environmental Monitoring Plan for New Road Subproject.. 48 Table 6.8 Cost Estimate for Environmental Management Unit: 104 RMB ........................ 49 Table 6.9 Cost Estimate for Environmental Measures .......................... 50 Table6. 10 Implementation Schedule for EMP ............................... 51 Table 7.1 Public Consultation for Road Rehabilitation Subprojects ................ 52 Table 7.2 Public Concerns and Responses from Road Rehabilitation Subprojects ....... 52 Table 7.3 Information Disclosure for Road Rehabilitation Subprojects .............. 53 Table 7.4 Summary of Public Consultation for Road Improvement Subprojects ........ 53 Table 7.5 Summary of Public Concerns and Response Road Improvement Components ... 54 Table 7.6 Information Disclosure ........................................ 55 Table 7.7 Summary of Public Consultation ................................. 55 Table 7.8 Primary issues and response for S322 Taohuatan- Gantang ............... 56 Table 7.9 Information Disclosure for New Road Construction Subproject ............ 56 Table 8.1 Environmental Management in Contraction Phase ................ ............................. 63 III LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1.1 Map of Project Location in Anhui Province of China ...................... 1 Figure 2.1 Map of Topography and Physiognomy of Anhui .................... 11 Figure 2.2 Map of Land use of Anhui .................................... 11 Figure 2.3 Distribution Map of Population Density of Anhui ................... 11.....1 Figure 2.4 Map of Economic Development Degree of Anhui ................... 11.....1 Figure 2.5 Map of Climatic Zone and Precipitation of Anhui ................... 11.....1 Figure 2.6 Water Resources Distribution Map of Anhui ....................... 111..... Figure 2.7 Map of Ecological Function Division of Anhui ..................... 11.....1 Figure 2.8 Forest Distribution Map of Anhui ............................... 11 Figure 2.9 Nature Reserve Distribution Map of Anhui ........................ 11 Figure2. 10 Map of Forest Park of Anhui ................................. 11.....1 Figure 2.11 Scenery Distribution Map of Anhui ............................. 111..... Figure 2.12 Map of Soil Erosion of Anhui ................................. 11.....1 Figure 5.1 Cross Section of Road Improvement (K27+301 to K29+740) ....................... 24 Figure 5.2 Cross Section of Road rehabilitation (K14+473 to K29+736) ........... 24 Figure 5.3 The relations of project road to Taohuatan tourist site ................ 28 Figure 5.4 The relations of project road to Taiping Lake tourist attraction .......... 28 Figure 5.5 The relations of project road to "Two Mountain, One Lake" ........................ 28 Figure 1 Pullout Map of Chuzhou to Dingyuan Section of S311 ................ 66 Figure 2 Pullout Map of Chuzhou to Wuyi Section of S311 ................... 66 Figure 3 Pullout Map of Tanjiaqiao to Caijiaqiao Section n of G205 ............. 66 Figure 4 Pullout Map of Tangkou to Qiankou Section n of G205 ............... 66 Figure 5 Pullout Map of Tunxi to Provincial Boundary Section of G205 .......... 66 Figure 6 Pullout Map of Chaohu to Wujiang Section of S105 .................. 66 Figure 7 Pullout Map of Taohuatan to Gantang Section of S322 ................ 66 LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS EIA: Environmental Impact Assessment TOR: Terms of Reference APCD: Anhui Provincial Communication Department ASCC: Anhui Science Consultancy Centre SSSRI: Shanghai Ship and Shipping Research Institute APHAB: Anhui Provincial Highway Administrative Bureau PMO: The World Bank Financed Project Management Office SEPA: State Environmental Protection Agency APCB: Anhui Provincial Conmmunication Bureau NGO: Non-governmental Organizations EMPS: Environmental Management Plan EPB s: Environmental Protection Bureaus lV Preamble This is consolidated Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report, prepared as part of the appraisal of the World Bank financed Anhui Highway Rehabilitation Project III, based on the World Bank safeguard policy
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