48358-001: Shanxi Inclusive Agricultural Value Chain Development
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Environmenta l Monitoring Report Project Number: 48358-001 October 2019 PRC: Shanxi Inclusive Agricultural Value Chain Development Project (Jan.-June 2019) Prepared by: Shanxi Foreign Capital Poverty Alleviation Project Management Office. This environmental monitoring report is a document of the borrower. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of ADB's Board of Directors, Management or staff, and may be preliminary in nature. In preparing any country program or strategy, financing any project, or by making any designation of or reference to a particular territory or geographic area in this document, the Asian Development Bank does not intend to make any judgments as to the legal or other status of any territory or area. CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS (as of 30 June 2019) Currency unit – Yuan (CNY) CNY1.00 = $ 0.1459 $1.00 = CNY 6.8531 ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS ADB Asian Development Bank GRM Grievance redress mechanism AVC Agricultural value chain Leq Equivalent continuous sound pressure level, in decibels BOD5 5-day biochemical oxygen demand LAeq Equivalent continuous A-weighted sound pressure level, in decibels CNY Chinese Yuan, Renminbi LIC Loan implementation consultant CODcr Chemical oxygen demand IA Implementing agency CSC Construction supervision company IEE Initial environmental examination dB Decibels MOE Ministry of Environment DO Dissolved oxygen NH3-N Ammonia nitrogen EIA Environmental impact assessment NO2 Nitrate EA Executing Agency O&M Operation and maintenance EIA Environmental impact assessment pH potential of hydrogen; used to specify the acidity or basicity of a solution EIR Environmental impact report PMO Project management office EIT Environmental impact table PAC Project agribusiness company or cooperative EMA Environmental monitoring agency PPTA Project preparatory technical assistance EMP Environmental Management Plan PRC People’s Republic of China EMR Environmental Management Report RP Resettlement plan EMS Environmental monitoring station SPG Shanxi provincial government EPB Environmental protection bureau SOE State-owned enterprises ESS Environmental safeguard consultant SPS Safeguard Policy Statement (of ADB) FSR Feasibility study report WHO World Health Organization FYP Five Year Plan WRB Water resources bureau GDP Gross domestic product WRS Water resource specialist GHG Greenhouse gas WWTP wastewater treatment plant 1 NOTE In this report, "$" refers to US dollars 2 SUMMARY PROJECT INFORMATION GENERAL INFORMATION Project title: Shanxi Inclusive Agricultural Value Chain Development Project Date of project effectiveness: 11 January 2018 Executing agency: Shanxi Provincial Government Implementing agency: 16 County Project Management Offices (CPMOs) under the County Poverty Alleviation and Development Offices. Counties include: Yanhu,Jishan.Ruicheng,Xinjiang,Yuanqu in Yuncheng Municipality;Yaodu, Fenxi,Fushan,Fenxi, Xiangning in Linfen Municipality;Heshun,Taigu in Jinzhong Municipality;Liulin, Shilou in Luliang Municipality;Guangling in Datong Municipality, Qin County in Changzhi Municipality. Project implementing units 19 Project Agribusiness Companies and Cooperative (PACs) * including: Shanxi Qinzhouhuang Millet Group Co., Ltd. Guangling Kitano Edible Fungus Industrial Development Co Ltd. Shanxi Juxin Weiye agricultural and Science & Technology Development Co., Ltd Heshun County Lvhe Ecological Agriculture & Livestock Development Co., Ltd. Fenxi Hongchang Breeding Co., Ltd. Fushan Guhuan Husbandry Science & Technology Co., Ltd. Quwo Lvheng Agricultural Development Co., Ltd. Shanxi Qierkang Elaeagnus Biological Products Co., Ltd. Linfen Zhongde Farming Technology Development Co., Ltd Liulin Fuzhongyuan Agricultural Development Co., Ltd. Shilou Shude Jujube Industry Co., Ltd. Shanxi Tianzhirun Date Processing Co., Ltd. Xinjiang Hefeng Grain Planting Technology Cooperatives Shanxi Xinjiang Vegetable Industry Development Co., Ltd Shanxi Kaisheng Fertilizers Group Co., Ltd. Yuncheng Xinke Taifang Vegetable Trading Co., Ltd Shanxi Shanlihong Food Co., Ltd. Shanxi Jinglong Group Jinghua Livestock and Poultry Products Development Co., Ltd Shanxi Phonenix Wine Co., Ltd PMO (name of agency): Shanxi Poverty Alleviation and Development Office PMO Environment Officer (name, email): Ms. Li Xiaojuan, [email protected] 3 Loan implementation consultant / firm: ESS: Mr. Zhang Defa, 13001214518 Construction supervision company(ies): NA Contractor(s): NA ADB web link to EMP: https://www.adb.org/projects/documents/prc-48358-001-iee Domestic web link to EMP: NA Note: Nine PACs highlighted will be removed from the project 4 ENVIRONMENTAL SAFEGUARD MONITORING ADB environment safeguard category: B Environmental report prepared as per Initial Environmental Examination ADB requirements for this category: Domestic safeguard report: 19 domestic EIA reports (one for each subproject) Quarterly period covered by this report: 1 January 2019 –30 June 2019 # EMRs to date including this report: 2 Agency/person responsible for internal* 19 person (One from each PAC) environmental monitoring: Agency/person responsible for external* PACs will contract external environment monitoring agency one environment monitoring: month before civil work construction. Agency/person responsible for Mr. Zhang Defa, the environmental safeguard consultant compliance* environment monitoring: Agency/person responsible for This is environment safeguard category B project. No independent independent compliance monitoring: compliance monitoring for this project is required Overall status of environmental On track safeguards: ADB = Asian Development Bank, EMP = environmental management plan, EMR = environment monitoring report, ESS = environment safeguard specialist; PMO = project management office. 5 TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .......................................................................................................................... 8 A. OVERVIEW. .................................................................................................................. 8 B. PROGRESS IN IMPLEMENTING THE EMP. ....................................................................... 8 C. KEY ISSUES ................................................................................................................. 9 D. LESSONS LEARNED ...................................................................................................... 9 E. NEXT STEPS ................................................................................................................ 9 II. INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................................... 11 A. PURPOSE OF REPORT ................................................................................................. 11 B. PROJECT OUTCOME, OUTPUTS AND SUBCOMPONENTS .................................................. 11 C. PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION PROGRESS ....................................................................... 12 III. SUMMARY OF THE PROJECT ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN ............. 16 IV. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT DURING THE REPORTING PERIOD ............... 18 A. INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENT ................................................................................... 18 B. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROJECT MITIGATION MEASURES ........................................... 21 C. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROJECT MONITORING PROGRAM .......................................... 42 D. PUBLIC CONSULTATIONS AND GRIEVANCE REDRESS MECHANISM ................................... 46 E. TRAINING AND CAPACITY BUILDING .............................................................................. 49 F. COSTS OF EMP IMPLEMENTATION DURING THE REPORTING PERIOD .............................. 49 G. DUE DILIGENCE FOR PROJECT SCOPE CHANGES ........................................................... 50 H. COMPLIANCE WITH LOAN AND PROJECT ASSURANCES ................................................... 50 I. ISSUES FOR FOLLOW-UP DOCUMENTED IN THE PREVIOUS EMR ................................... 51 J. REPORTING ............................................................................................................... 52 V. LESSONS LEARNED ................................................................................................................ 54 VI. NEXT STEPS ............................................................................................................................... 54 APPENDIX 1. COMPLIANCE WITH ENVIRONMENTAL ASSURANCES ............................... 56 APPENDIX 2. PHOTOGRAPHS........................................................................................................... 61 6 7 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY A. Overview. 1. This semi-annual report presents the status of compliance with the environment management plan (EMP) during the project implementation covering the period from 1 January 2019 to 30 June 2019. The key environment issues caused by project construction have been discussed, and corresponding improvement measures and follow up actions have been suggested according to the issues found. B. Progress in Implementing the EMP. 1. In general, the project has been implemented in accordance with EMP requirements. 2. Contractual arrangement. PPMO has distributed the EMP to MPMOs, CPMOs, PACs and design institutes. Relevant environmental requirements have been included in the bidding documents, civil works contract with contractor and supervision contract with construction supervision company. The contractual arrangement