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E685 Vol. 4 World Bank Financed Project Anhui Expressway Project II Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Tongling-Tangkou Expressway Project Environment Assessment Report (Third Edition) Public Disclosure Authorized World Bank Financed Project Office of Anhui Provincial Communications Dzpartment Public Disclosure Authorized Dec. 2002 FILE COPY Tongling-Tangkou highway project EIA CONTENTS Chapter I Introduction ............................................ I 1.1 Project Background ............................................ I 1.2 Progress of EA ........................................... .1 1.3 Purpose of EA ............................................. 2 1.4 Bases of Assessment ........................................... .2 1.5 Technical Process for EA ....... ..................................... 3 1.6 Scope of Assessment ............................................ 5 1.7 Methodology ............................................ 5 1.8 Applicable Standards ............................................ 5 1.8.1 Ambient Air Quality Standards ........................................... 6 1.8.2 Environmental Noise Standards .................. ......................... 6 1.8.3 Surface Water Quality Standards ............................................ 6 Chapter 2 Environmental Assessment Team ......... .................................. 8 Chapter 3 Project Description ............................................ 10 3.1 Direct Project Benefit Area ........................................... 10 3.2 Geographical Location ...... ..................................... 10 3.3 Project Alignment ..... ...................... 10 3.4 Project Scale ............................................ 11 3.5 Main Engineering Works ........................................... 11 3.6 Supporting Facilities ............................................ 14 3.7 Relationship of TTH and the Regional Road Network . .......................................... 15 3.8 Construction Material ............................................ 15 3.9 Traffic Projection ............................................ 17 3.10 Cost Estimate and Funding Sources .......................... 17 3.11 Construction Schedule ............................................ 17 Chapter 4 Environmental Baseline ........................................... 18 4.1 Overview of Natural Environment .............. ........................................................ 18 4.1 .1 Topography and Geomorphy ............................ 18 4.1.2 Meteorological Conditions ............................ 18 4.1.3 Hydrology ............................ 18 4.2 Natural Reserve Zone and National Park along the Project ............................ 19 4.3 Ecosystem ............................ .. 22 4.3.1 Geological conditions along the proposed expressway ............................ 22 4.3.2 Bio-diversity ............................. 24 4.3.3 Tree Coverage Distribution ............................ 25 4.3.4 WildAnimals ............................. 31 4.3.5 Assessment of Land Use and Reserved Farmland. ............................ 36 4.3.6 Summary of Ecosystem Baseline ............................ 39 4.4 Acoustic Quality Assessment ............................ 39 4.4.1 Survey of Sensitive Receptors within the Assessment Scope .39 4.4.2 Locations of monitoring points ..................... 49 Tongling-Tangkou highway project EIA 4.4.3 Monitoring Method and Timing ................................................ 49 4.4.4 Monitoring Result ................................................ 49 4.4.5 Assessment for Acoustic Environment ................................................ 51 4.5 Water Environment ................................................. 52 4.5.1 Major Lakes and Rivers ................................................ 52 4.5.2 Drinking Water Intakes ................................................ 52 4.5.3 Current Waters Quality ................................................. 53 4.6 Ambient Air Quality ................................................ 55 4.6.1 Existing ambient air quality ................................................ 55 4.6.2 Assessment of Ambient Air Quality ................................................ 56 4.7 Social Environment Baseline ................................................. 57 4.7.1 Overview of directly impacted area .................................. 57 4.7.2 Population Structure .................................. 57 4.7.3 Primary Economic Indicators .................................. 58 4.7.4 Quality of Living .................................. 58 4.7.5 Infrastructure .................................. 59 4.7.6 Natural Resources .................................. 59 4.7.7 Tourist Resources in the Project Area .................................. 60 4.7.8 Urban Planning along the Proposed Alignment .................................. 62 4.7.9 Planning for "Two Mountains and One Lake". .................................. 63 4.7.10 Domestic Solid Waste Disposal .................................. 63 4.7.11 Cultural Relics .................................. 63 4.8 Current Status of Natural and Cultural Heritage . ................................65 4.8.1 Formation of landscape and objective for assessment .................................... 65 4.8.2 Assessment of quality of the scenery ................................................. 65 4.8.3 Asscessment of the existing landscape along the project ............................... 66 Chapter 5 Environmental Impact Assessment and Mitigation Measures . 69 5.1 Category and Extent of Environmental Impacts . .69 5.2 Ecosystem Impact Assessment .. 71 5.2.1 Regional natural ecosystem and trend in bio-diversity .71 5.2.2 Impact to Natural Plant Colonies and Protected Plants .75 5.2.3 Wildlife (Wild Animals) .78 5.2.4 Impact on nature reserve and scenic site .83 5.2.5 Impact on Land Use and Reserved Farmland .84 5.2.6 Consultation with Bio-diversity Specialists .86 5.2.7 Conclusion of impact on ecology .88 5.2.8 Mitigation Measures .89 5.3 Noise Impact ...................................................... 94 5.3.1 Noise Impact during Construction Phase ...................................................... 94 5.3.2 Traffic Noise during Operation Phase ...................................................... 95 5.3.3 Noise projection and assessment for sensitive receptors .............................. 1 01 5.3.4 Mitigation Measure against Noise Impact .................................................... 108 5.4 Impact Assessment of Water Environment and Mitigation Measures ................. 115 5.4.1 Pollution Sources for Surface Waters ...................................................... 1I15 2 Tongling-Tangkou highway project EIA 5.4.2 Analysis of impact on water environment .................................................. 116 5.4.3 Mitigation measures .................................................. 122 5.5 Air Impact and Mitigation Measures .................................................. 124 5.5.1 Construction phase .................................................. 124 5.5.2 Operation phase .................................................. 126 5.5.3 Global Climate Issues .................................................. 131 5.5.4 Mitigation Measures ................................................... 132 5.6 Socio-economic Impacts and Mitigation . ................................................. 133 5.6.1 Impacts to Scenic Sites .133 5.6.2 Land occupation .142 5.6.3 Induced Impacts .143 5.6.4 Community severance .145 5.6.5 Impact of Construction .146 5.6.6 Impact on the Planning of "Two Mountains and One Lake .146 5.6.7 Impact on Human Health .147 5.6.8 Impacts to Cultural Relics .148 5.6.9 Mitigation Measures .149 5.7 Soil Erosion and Mitigation .155 5.7.1 Soil Erosion Impact .................................................. 155 5.7.2 Soil Conservation Measures in Early Construction Phase ............................ 156 5.7.3 Restoration of borrow pits and disposal sites ............................................... 156 5.8 Assessment of Impact on Landscape and Mitigation Measures . ...................157 5.8.1 Key impacting sections .................................................. 1 58 5.8.2 Impact on landscape in construction phase .................................................. 161 5.8.3 Mitigation Measures .................................................. 161 5.9 Resettlement and Relocation ................................................... 163 5.9.1 Scope and Quantity of Resettlement .163 5.9.2 Laws, Policies, Compensation Standards for Resettlement .168 5.9.3 Resettlement Institutions and Resettlement Locations .174 5.9.4 Impacts of the Resettlement .176 5.9.5 Costs and Budgets. .......................................... 177 5.10 SafeguardsAssurance and Compliance . .178 Chapter 6 Analysis ofAltemative . .181 6.1 Identification of Corridor Alternatives .. ............................. 181 6.1.1 Description of Alternatives ..... ................................................................. 182 6.1.2 Environmental Comparison ........................... 183 6.1.3 Social Environment ........................... 187 6.1.4 Comparison Result ........................... ......................... 190 6.2 Analysis of Sub-alternatives ........... ................ 190 6.2.1 Section B (Shuiqiao Lake Section) ............................. 1 91 6.2.2 Section C (Hamaling Mountain Section) ............................. 194 6.2.3 Section D (Lingyang Section) ............................. 196