Hunan Dongjiang Lake Integrated Environmental Protection and Management Project

Environmental Monitoring Report

Loan No.: 3336-PRC

February 2019

PRC: Hunan Dongjiang Lake Integrated Environmental Protection and Management Project

Semi-Annual Environmental Monitoring Report for June to December 2018 (2nd)

Prepared by Zixing Project Management Office and HJI Group Corporation for the Asian Development Bank

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ABBREVIATIONS ADB Asian Development Bank BOD5 Five days Biochemical Oxygen Demand CNY Chinese Yuan COD Chemical Oxygen Demand CSC Construction Supervision Company DEIA Domestic Environmental Impacts Assessment EA Executing Agency EHS Environment, Health and Safety EIA Environmental Impact Assessment EMP Environmental Management Plan EMR Environmental Monitoring Report EMS Environmental Monitoring Station EMU Environmental Management Unit EPB Environmental Protection Bureau FSR Feasibility Study Report GRM Grievance Redress Mechanism IA Project Implementation Agency LAP Land Acquisition Plan LIEC Loan Implementation Environmental Consultant NH3-N Ammonia Nitrogen NO2 Nitrogen Dioxide NOx Nitrogen Oxides OHS Occupational Health and Safety OPF Operator of Project Facilities PC Public Consultation PIU Project Implementation Unit PLG Project Leading Group PM10 Particulate Matter smaller than 10 micrometers PMO Project Management Office PRC People’s Republic of China PPTA Project Preparatory Technical Assistance SO2 Sulfur Dioxide SPS Safeguard Policy Statement, ADB TA Technical Assistance TSP Total Suspended Particulates WSC Water Supply Company ZCG Zixing City Government ZUREPFC Zixing City Urban and Rural Environmental Protection Financing Center

WEIGHTS AND MEASURES cm centimeter dB(A) A-weighted sound pressure level in decibels ha hectare kg kilogram km kilometer kWh kilowatt hours m meter mm millimeter m/s meters per second m2 square meter m³ cubic meters mg/l milligrams per liter mg/m3 milligrams per cubic meter mg/Nm3 milligrams per standard cubic meter Nm3 standard cubic meter 0C degrees Celsius

NOTE 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.

SUMMARY OF PROJECT INFORMATION A．GENERAL INFORMATION Project title: Hunan Dongjiang Lake Integrated Environmental Protection and Management Project Date of project effectiveness: 14 June 2016 Executing agency: Zixing City Government Implementing agency: Zixing City Urban and Rural Environmental Protection Investment and Financing Center PMO: Zixing City PMO PMO Environment Officer: Mr. Chen Jianjun, email: [email protected] Loan implementation consultant / HJI Group. Co firm: LIEC: Zhe Wang from HJI Group. Co, Construction supervision company: 10 construction supervision companies Contractor(s): 12 contractors ADB web link to EMP: https://www.adb.org/projects/documents/hunan-dongjiang- lake- environmental-protection-and-integrated-utilization- project-updated-eia Domestic web link to EMP: http://1939978.pe168.com/

B. ENVIRONMENTAL SAFEGUARD MONITORING ADB environment safeguard A category: Environmental report prepared as Environmental Impact Assessment per ADB requirements for this category: Domestic safeguard report: Full Domestic EIA Report Quarterly period covered by this June 2018 – to December 2018 report: # EMRs to date including this report: No.2 Agency/person responsible for The construction supervision company jointly with the PIU internal* environmental monitoring: for each subproject Agency/person responsible for Zixing EMS for the first half of 2017, at 31 sites for the 12 external* environment monitoring: construction sites; and Hunan Qiancheng Monitoring Company for the second half of 2017 and 2018 for the 14 subprojects. Agency/person responsible for The LIEC of TA Consulting Team from HJI Group Co. (Mr. compliance* environment Zhe Wang) monitoring: Overall status of environmental The overall EMP implementation was generally satisfactory. safeguards: i). Second round of sediment sampling: Based on ADB’s requirement, the second round of sediment monitoring was conducted by the environmental monitoring entity on 18 and 19 October 2018 for the five rivers which had been dredged and embanked. The

monitoring result (Section V) shows that the contents of Hg at Liangping River and Qingyao River slightly exceed Class II Standard of GB 15168-1995 (0.505 mg/kg at Liangping River and 0.831 mg/kg at Qingyao River against 0.50 mg/kg of the standard with pH 6.5-7.5 and 1.0 mg/kg of the standard with pH›7.5). All the other pollutants at all the points meet the standard. High background level of Hg is natural in the area, not caused by the construction activities. (the sediment background date in the ADB EIA show that the exceeded standard pollutants were cadmium and arsenic in the area). ii). Public consultation: The public consultation was planned during the reporting period, due to the design of water supply facilities had not been completed in the reporting period, the treatment process and construction methods had not been decided. The questionnaires for the public consultation had been designed by the LIEC and the PMO, the questionnaire survey will be conducted in March or April 2019 according to the plan; iii). Update the EMP: The updating of EMP was discussed during the reporting period, the main issue/adjustment for the updating is the monitoring parameters, locations and frequency, etc. because the project implementation will mainly focus on the water supply facilities in 2019 and 2020, the external monitoring parameters and locations should be adjusted accordingly to reflect the water qualities of drinking water sources, both the baseline and the impacts/pollution from the construction activities. ADB = Asian Development Bank, EMP = environmental management plan, EMR = environment monitoring report, LIEC = loan implementation environment consultant, PMO = project management office. .

TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 7 II. INTRODUCTION 9 III. SUMMARY OF THE PROJECT ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN 13 IV. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT DURING THE REPORTING PERIOD 17 V. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITOING 24 A. Monitoring result for the river sediment 24 B. Environmental monitoring during reporting period 24 C. Monitoring plan and responsibilities 24 D. External Monitoring Results of the second half of 2018 27 E. Conclusions 32 VI. PUBLIC CONSULTATION AND GRIEVANCE REDRESS MECHANISM 33 VII. TRAINING AND CAPACITY BUILDING 35 VIII. COSTS OF EMP IMPLEMENTATION DURING THE REPORTING PERIOD 37 IX. COMPLIANCE WITH LOAN AND PROJECT ASSURANCES 38 X. LESSONS LEARNED AND NEXT STEPS 40

XI. APPENDIX 1 - PPT OF THE EMP TRAINING （OCTOBER 2018） 41 XII. APPENDIX 2 – THE ORIGINAL EXTERNAL MONITORING REPORT 45

I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

1. Overview. This is the second EMR prepared by the Consultant from HJI Group USA, together with the PMO, covering the period from June to December 2018. The EMR is prepared based on i) the external compliance environmental monitoring reports provided by the Environmental Monitoring entity of Hunan Qiancheng Monitoring Co., which has the PRC certificate for environmental monitoring; ii) the contractors and construction supervision companies’ (CSCs) internal environmental monthly reports, iii) the discussion and meetings with the persons from the PMO, PIUs, contractors and CSC; and iv) the PMO and consultants’ construction site and built facilities inspections.

2. The project is being implemented in the Dongjiang Lake basin in Zixing City, Chenzhou Municipality, Hunan Province. The project introduces an integrated approach to address constraints in the lake environmental protection and livelihood development. The project has five outputs: (i) improved pollution control, (ii) establishment of urban-rural water supply system, (iii) a rehabilitated river course, (iv) establishment of integrated ecosystem rehabilitation and management, and (v) strengthened environmental protection and project management capacity.

3. The executing agency (EA) of the project is the Zixing City Government (ZCG). The implementing agency (IA) is the Zixing City Urban and Rural Environmental Protection Investment and Financing Center. The PMO is in the ZCG. A project implementation unit is in each of the city’s bureaus of agriculture, environmental protection, forestry, housing, urban, and rural development, urban management (sanitation center) and water resources; and the Dongjiang Reservoir Administration Bureau. At the provincial level, the Hunan Provincial Finance Department provides overall guidance, coordination, supervision, and management.

4. Progress in implementing the EMP. The assessment of EMP implementation was conducted by the LIEC together with the Environmental Officer of PMO in October and December 2018, through construction sites inspection, meetings with the PIUs, contractors and CSCs and review of the monthly reports from the contractors and CSCs and other available files. The result was summarized below: i) EMP implementation is generally satisfactory. i) according to the contractors’ monthly reports the contractors have assigned staff in charge of environment, health and safety management; ii) CSCs have been contracted with the environmental supervision responsibility; iii) Monthly internal monitoring reports are being prepared by contractors and CSCs, and submitted to the PMO and LIEC monthly; iv) environmental commitments are being carried out and environmental management system are in place for civil work contracts; v) environment supervision is in place; vi) external monitoring results show the local environment were not negatively impacted by the project implementation; and vii) the GRMs have been setup in PMO. So far, no complaints have been filed; i). The Second round of sediment sampling: Based on ADB’s requirement, the second round of sediment monitoring was conducted by the environmental monitoring entity on 18 and 19 October 2018 for the five rivers which had been dredged and embanked. The monitoring result (Section V and Table V-1) shows that the contents of Hg at Liangping River and Qingyao River slightly exceed Class II Standard of GB 15168-1995 (0.505 mg/kg at Liangping River and 0.831 mg/kg at Qingyao River against the standard values of 0.50 mg/kg in pH 6.5-7.5 sediment and 1.0 mg/kg in pH >7.5 sediment). All the other pollutants at all the points meet the standard. The high background level of Hg is natural in the area due to mineral-rich, not caused by the construction activities. (the sediment background date in the ADB EIA show that in addition to Hg the other exceeded standard pollutants were cadmium and arsenic in the area).

7 ii). The external environmental monitoring during the reporting period the monitoring conducted by the certificated environmental entity show that all the monitored parameters in ambient air, noise, wastewater and surface water qualities at all monitoring points meet the related applicable PRC environmental quality standards (Section V). iii). Environmental training. The project implementation progress is basically smooth and the construction quality is generally satisfactory in the reporting period. The training of EMP was conducted by the Consultant in Oct. 2018, with the topics of i) environmental mitigation measures during both construction of built-facility operation; ii) water source protection and effluence (treated wastewater) discharge from the built wastewater treatment facilities; iii) responsibilities of good practices for the PMO and PIUs’ environmental officers and contractors’ environmental engineers; iv) Updating the EMP based on the implementation status of projects, etc. iv). Public consultation: The public consultation was planned during the reporting period, due to the design of water supply facilities had not been completed in the reporting period, the treatment process and construction methods had not been finally decided. The questionnaires for the public consultation had been designed by the LIEC and the PMO, the questionnaire survey will be conducted in March or April 2019 according to the plan; v). Update the EMP: The EMP updating was discussed during the reporting period, the main issue/adjustment for the updating is the monitoring parameters, locations and frequency, etc. because the project implementation will mainly focus on the water supply facilities in 2019 and 2020, the external monitoring parameters and locations should be adjusted accordingly to reflect the water qualities of drinking water sources, both the baseline and the impacts/pollution from the construction activities.

II. INTRODUCTION

A. Purpose of report

6. The purpose of the EMR is to describe and assess progress for implementation of the EMP for the Project, for the reporting period of June to December 2018. This EMR is submitted in compliance with the Safeguard Policy Statement (SPS) of ADB and the loan agreement between ADB and the project EA.

7. This is the 2nd EMR for the project. It covers part of the construction and operation phases of the project. The report describes: (i) implementation of mitigation measures; (iii) monitoring activities; (iv) public consultations including grievance redress; (v) training and capacity building; (vi) expenditures for EMP implementation (including mitigation, monitoring, and training); (vii) reporting; and (viii) an overall assessment of key achievements, challenges, issues, corrective actions, and lessons learned, during the reporting period.

B. Project outcome, outputs and subcomponents

8. The project outcome will be the achievement of integrated environmental protection in Dongjiang Lake basin.

9. The project includes five outputs: (i) improved pollution control, (ii) establishment of an urban– rural water supply system, (iii) a rehabilitated river course, (iv) establishment of integrated ecosystem rehabilitation and management, and (v) strengthened environmental and project management capacity.

10. Output 1 includes (i) construction of six township wastewater treatment plants with a total capacity of 2,000 m3/day, and associated sewage collection pipes of 38.1 kilometers (km); (ii) construction of 2,856 small-scale wastewater treatment facilities for rural villages in 10 townships, and associated sewer pipes of about 330 km; (iii) procurement of solid waste collection and compaction equipment, and seven transfer facilities; and (iv) development of nonpoint source pollution management, including soil test and green fertilizer application, and green pest control measures application in 5,690 ha of farmland;

11. Output 2 includes (i) construction of the Yangdongxia water supply plant, with total water treatment capacity of 20,000 m3/day for the water supply of 128,688 residents in five townships, associated water delivery and supply pipelines with a total length of about 70 km, and pressure regulating stations; (ii) construction of Chukou water supply plant, with capacity of 620 m3/day for supply to 3,200 residents, and associated water delivery and supply pipelines of about 35 km; and (iii) procurement of O&M equipment;

12. Output 3 improves the flood protection standard and reduce the soil erosion of five major rivers of Guangqiao, Lianping, Qingyao, Tian’eshan, and Xingning that flow into the lake, including block clearance and dredging of 653,692 m3 (14.7 km), green embankment of 13.7 km, and landscaping along the riverbanks;

13. Output 4 includes (i) establishing aquatic facilities and management; (ii) constructing three wetlands for about 167 ha, and management facilities; (iii) conducting soil erosion control, including 1,000 ha of reforestation and revegetation, natural enhancement and management of 13,666 ha of public forest, constructing 590 km of fire breaks, and procuring firefighting facilities; (iv) improving 2,595 ha of bamboo forest; (v) conducting alternative livelihood training for 30,000 rural residents; and (vi) carrying out an eco-compensation pilot scheme;

14. Output 5 supports the (i) establishment of environmental, fishery, and forest firefighting monitoring centers; (ii) establishment of the Dongjiang Lake ecological and environmental protection research center; (iii) development of the Dongjiang Lake environmental monitoring and management information system; (iv) provision of project implementation consulting services, training, workshops, and study tours; and (v) establishment of a project monitoring and evaluation system.

15. Changes in contract packages. Since the water treatment plant was already constructed using domestic fund and following domestic procedure, the subproject of Chikou water treatment plant and distribution pipelines (W2-WS8) was cancelled from the ADB loan.

C. Project implementation progress

16. The project became effective on 14 June 2016. As of March 9, 2018, physical progress by the project was estimated by the project management office (PMO) to be 40.8%, against the elapsed implementation of 40.9% (22 months out of 60 months since the date of project effectiveness). The project is currently rated by ADB as on track. Implementation progress for subcomponents is summarized in Table II-1.

Table II-1: Project implementation progress as of 31 December 2018 Contract Contract Construction Contractor CSC Implementation Status No. Name starting date Description Wastewater Treatment Plants and Sewer Chenzhou Hunan Wish Networks for Wuling W1- Construction Six Towns, and Construction 17 June,2016 Construction Completed. WW1 Group Co., Solid Waste Supervision Ltd. Transfer Co. Station for Qingjiang Town Wastewater Treatment Chenzhou Plants and Hunan Yuban Municipal W1- sewer Construction Construction 4 July, 2016 Construction Completed. WW2 Networks for Group Supervision Bailang and Corporation Co. Dongping Towns Village Wastewater Changsha Treatment Hasky Chenzhou Plants and Environmental Wuling W1- Sewer Protection Construction 4 July, 2016 Construction Completed. WW3 Networks for Science& Supervision Lianping, Technology Co. Longxi and Development Qiangyao Co., Ltd. Towns Village Chenzhou Hunan Xingda Wastewater Municipal W1- Construction Treatment Construction 4 July, 2016 Construction Completed. WW4 Group Co., Facilities and Supervision Ltd. Sewer Co.

Contract Contract Construction Contractor CSC Implementation Status No. Name starting date Description Networks for Chukou, Huangcao and Qingjiang Towns Village Changsha Wastewater Hasky Treatment Chenzhou Environmental Facilities and Wuling W1- Protection Sewer Construction 4 July, 2016 Construction Completed. WW5 Science& Networks for Supervision Technology Dongjiang and Co. Development Zhoumensi Co., Ltd. Towns Six Solid Waste Hunan Transfer Zixing Province Stations and Hongxing Tianyu W1-SW1 Affiliated Construction February, 2017 Construction Completed Construction Facilities Supervision Engineering (excluding Co. Co., Ltd. Qingjiang Town) Chenzhou Rehabilitation Yueyang All the works have City Xiangyue for Tian’eshan Yong’an been completed 14 Hydropower W3-RR1 and Construction Engineering except December,2016 Construction & Guangqiao Technology the riverbank Installation Rivers Co. landscaping. Company Chenzhou Hunan All the works have City Xiangyue Huaihua Rehabilitation been completed 23 January, Hydropower Hydropower W3-RR2 of Xingning Construction except 2017 Construction & Construction River the riverbank Installation Supervision landscaping Company Co. Changde City Hunan All the works have Rehabilitation Tianheng Huaihua been completed of Lianping 20 January, Construction Hydropower W3-RR3 Construction except and Qingyao 2017 and Construction the riverbank Rivers Development Supervision landscaping Co., Ltd. Co. Hunan Chenzhou Provincial Fish Guangsha 30 November, Hydropower W4-ER1 Proliferation Construction Construction Completed 2016 the First Platform Supervision Engineering Co. Co., Ltd. Hunan Riverbank Hunan Huayue Greening and Gaoling W4-ER3 Construction 19 July,2016 Construction Completed Pass way in Construction Supervision Wetland Group., Ltd. Co. Hunan Zhuzhou Xingning 19 Completed 80% of W4-ER4 Construction Jiayuan Xinghai River Wetland December,2016 the total works. Landscape Construction

Contract Contract Construction Contractor CSC Implementation Status No. Name starting date Description Construction Supervision Co., Ltd. Co. Hunan Yijia Hunan Jianke Hangxi River 16 Construction W4-ER5 Construction Landscape Completed Wetland November,2016 Supervision Co., Ltd. Co. Hunan Huangcao Hunan Jianke Yiancheng Completed 25% of W4-ER6 Lakeside Construction 6 April, 2017 Landscape Construction the total works Wetland Co., Ltd. Consulting Co. Source: the project progress Report

17. Constructions during the reporting period. During the reporting period there were construction activities under the following five (5) contracts. The subproject codes, as well as the contractors and construction supervision companies are listed in Table II-2 below:

Table II-2 Subprojects with construction activities and the list of contractors and CSCs Supervision No. Subproject Contractor Company W1-SW1: Six Solid Waste Transfer Stations Zixing Hongxing Hunan Tianyu Construction 1 and Affiliated Facilities (excluding Qingjiang Construction Co. Town) Supervision Co. Hunan Huaihua Changde Tianhuan W3-RR3: Rehabilitation of Lianping and Hydropower 2 Construction Development Qingyao Rivers Construction Co. Supervision Co. Hunan Huayue W4-ER3: Riverbank Greening and Pass way Hunan Gaoling Construction 3 Construction in Wetland Group Co. Supervision Co. Zhuzhou Xinghai Hunan Jiayuan Landscaping 4 W4-ER4: Xingning River Wetland Construction Construction Co. Supervision Co. Hunan Hongxing W4-ER7: Public-Interest Forest Protection Huanan Huayu Engineering 5 Construction Warehouse Renovation Construction Co. Consulting Co.

III. SUMMARY OF THE PROJECT ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN

18. The project environmental management plan (EMP) is the primary reference document for the ZCG and ADB for all environment-related mitigation, monitoring, reporting, and training activities for the project. Timely and effective implementation of the EMP is a key condition of the loan agreement between the ZCG and ADB. The EMP was prepared as part of the environmental impact assessment in 2015. The EMP is being implemented over 6 years, comprising 5 years of construction and 1 year of operation. The content of the EMP includes: institutional roles and responsibilities for EMP implementation; mitigation measures for environmental safeguard risks; environmental monitoring and reporting; training and capacity building; grievance redress mechanism (GRM) and public consultation, etc.

19. Project institutional arrangements for environmental management (Section B of the EMP). This section of the EMP describes the roles and responsibilities of relevant agencies for EMP implementation. For this project, the principal person responsible for EMP coordination is the PMO Environment Officer (Mr. Chen Jianjun), acting on behalf of the PMO. On-site implementation of the EMP is by the implementing agencies, contractors, and construction supervision companies (CSCs). Technical support to the PMO Environment Officer is given by the Loan Implementation Environment Consultant (LIEC, Mr. Wang Zhe from HJI Group. Co).

20. Executive Agency. Zixing City Government (ZCG) is the project Executing Agency (EA). The EA is responsible for communication with ADB, loan on-lending and repayment, as well as supervision and guidance of the Zixing PMO and implementing agencies (IAs) during the project implementation.

21. PMO. The City PMO is responsible for coordinating the implementation of project activities on behalf of ZCG. The PMO conducts daily management and coordination during project implementation on behalf of PLG.

22. IA: Zixing City Urban and Rural Environmental Protection Financing Center (ZUREPFC) is the IA. Within the ZUREPFC, there are four functional departments, Administration, Finance, Technical Engineering, and Contract Management. The ZUREPFC is responsible for: (i) engage and supervise engineering design institutes and tendering companies during project implementation; and (ii) report on progress.

23. Environment Officer of the PMO. The PMO has already appointed the PMO Environment Officer (Mr. Chen Jianjun) to be responsible for the environmental issues during the project implementation. The officer takes charge of (i) coordinating the implementation of the EMP and developing implementation details; (ii) supervising the implementation of mitigation measures during design, construction and operation; (iii) ensuring that environmental management, monitoring, and mitigation measures are incorporated into bidding documents, construction contracts and operation management plans; (iv) submitting semi-annual EMP monitoring and progress reports to ADB; (v) coordinating the GRM; and (vi) responding to any unforeseen adverse impacts beyond those mentioned in this EMP. The PMO Environmental Officer is technically supported by the LIEC.

24. Project Implementation Units (PIUs) have been set in Zixing Water Resources Bureau, Urban Rural Development Bureau, Forestry Bureau, Environmental Protection Bureau, Sanitation Department, Agricultural Bureau and Dongjiang Lake Reservoir Management Bureau respectively to implement relevant subprojects. Each PIU has assigned an environmental coordinator to assist the PMO Environment Officer.

25. Loan Implementation Environment Consultant (LIEC). the LIEC (Mr. Zhe Wang, with the German master degree in Environment and eight (8) years World Bank and ADB project experience) has been contracted under the loan implementation consultant services. The LIEC mobilized on site in April 2018, and he advises the PMO, PIUs, contractors and CSCs on environmental management and monitoring for the project. Later on, the LIEC will (i) assists in updating the EMP and environmental monitoring program, as needed; (ii) support the implementation of the EMP; (iii) support the PMO to prepare the next semi-annual EMRs to ADB in English; (iv) provide training to the PMO, PIUs, contractors and CSCs, on EMP implementation, GRM, relevant laws and policies, and ADB’s SPS, EMP implementation; (v) identify any environment-related implementation issues, and propose necessary corrective actions; and (vi) undertake site visits for EMP inspection.

26. Construction Contractors and CSCs. Construction contractors are responsible for implementing EMP during construction, under the supervision of the CSCs and PIUs. Contractors develop site-specific EMPs on the basis of this project EMP. The CSCs are responsible for supervising construction progress and quality, and EMP implementation on construction sites. Each CSC has an environmental engineer on each construction site to: (i) supervise the contractor’s EMP implementation performance; and (ii) prepare the contractor’s environmental management performance section in monthly reports submitted to the PIUs and PMO.

27. Environmental monitoring entities. Before June 2017, the contracted environmental monitoring institute was Zixing City EMS; and then the environmental monitoring is conducted by Hunan Qincheng Monitoring Co. By 31 December 2018, the four monitoring reports have been submitted to the PMO and LIEC.

28. The table III-1 below lists staff/persons in the PMO, PIUs, Contractors, construction supervision companies and LIEC in charge of EMP implementation, supervision and monitoring. The assessment for the environmental management readiness, and mitigation measures implemented status are shown in Section IV.

Table III-1 Persons in Charge of Environmental Management in the PMO, the PIUs, the contractors and CSCs Person in Charge No. Organization (Code of subproject) Contact information of Environment PMO 1 Chen Jianjun Environmental officer of Zixing PMO Tel: 18390499969 IA/PIU 2 Duan Xiang Environmental coordinator of Zixing Tel: 13873516673 Infrastructures Investment Co. (IA) 3 Li Changhe Environmental Coordinator of Housing and Tel: 13975743766 urban-rural planning and construction bureau 4 Liu Moping Environmental Coordinator of Zixing Tel: 18973532935 Environment Protection Bureau 5 Yang Xiaoming Environmental Coordinator of Zixing Tel: 13975775328 Forestry Bureau - PIU 6 Li Jinsong Environmental Coordinator of Zixing Water Tel: 13975743789 Conservation Bureau-PIU 7 Li Longqiu Environmental Coordinator of Dongjiang Tel: 13873578266 Reservoir Authority - PIU 8 Xie Jisong Environmental Coordinator of Zixing Tel: 15607354245 Agriculture Bureau - PIU LIEC 14

9 Zhe Wang Environmental consultant from HJI Group. Tel: 15620800702; Co Email: [email protected] Contractor/Construction Supervision Co. 10 Zou Qinyun Person in Charge of environmental Tel: 17674191865 management in Hunan Yuban Construction Co. (W1-WW2) 11 Xiao Junlin Person in Charge of environmental Tel: 13975765135 ， Email: management in Changsha Huashijie [email protected] Environmental Technology Co. (W1-WW3) 12 Wang Shuangzhi Person in Charge of environmental 18773539521 management in Hunan Xingda Construction Co. (W1-WW4) 13 Liu Liang‘an Person in Charge of environmental Tel: 18627631880 management in Changde Tianhuan Construction Development Co. (W3-RR3) 14 Li Jinlin Person in Charge of environmental Tell:13873522723; email: management in Chenzhou Xiangyue Water [email protected] Construction Co. 15 Yang Liming Person in Charge of environmental Tell: 13787357613; Email: management in Chenzhou Xiangyue Water 414617353@ qq.com Construction Co.(W3-RR1) 16 Liang Shengle Person in Charge of environmental Tell: 138-7558-0679 management in Hunan Yancheng Construction Consulting Co. (W4-ER6) 17 Hong Po Person in Charge of environmental Tell: 13627416728 management in Hunan Provincial No.1 Company Hydropower Engineering Co. (W4-ER1) 18 Li Yangcan Person in Charge of environmental Tell: 15802646966; management in Hunan Jiayuan Email: [email protected] Landscaping Co. (W4-ER4) 19 Liu Wencai Person in Charge of environmental Tell: 13975790762 management in Hunan Tianyu Construction Co. W1-SW1 20 Chen Cheng Person in Charge of environmental Tell: 18774988339; management in Hunan Gaoling Email: Construction Co. W4-ER3 [email protected] 21 Peng Weiguo Person in Charge of environmental Tell: 15973093466; management in Hunan Wangxi Email: [email protected] Construction Co. W1-WW1 22 Peng Chao Person in Charge of environmental Tell: 13548603567; management in Hunan Huayue Email: Construction Supervision Co. W4-ER3 [email protected]

29. Project readiness assessment indicators (Section C of the EMP). This is the first key step prior to the start of project civil works, to ensure that preparations for EMP implementation have been completed.

30. Potential impacts and mitigation (Section C of the EMP). This section of the EMP summarizes the potential environmental impacts and mitigation measures for the different phases of the project: detailed design and pre-construction phase; construction phase; and operations phase. Table EMP-3 in the EMP summarizes the environmental risks and mitigation measures, and

agencies responsible for implementation and supervision of these measures. For this project, the key potential impacts and/or issues of concern: (i) the dredging and embankments, which may cause short-term increases in turbidity and loss of degraded but still relatively natural riverbanks. Aquatic organisms may be impacted by pollution, smothering of individuals and habitats from sediment dispersion, and loss of breeding or foraging habitat. Inappropriate transport could damage roads or cause leakage at spoil sites; and (ii) impacts to soil, water, air, and communities, from construction noise, fugitive dust, earthworks, solid waste disposal, interference with traffic and municipal services during pipeline and treatment plant construction, permanent and temporary acquisition of land, involuntary resettlement, and occupational and community health and safety. Operational risks considered were: (i) cumulative nutrient loading in Dongjiang Lake and rivers from the release of treated effluent from the six WWTPs; (ii) noise and air emissions from the wastewater and water treatment plants; and (iii) reduced water availability for residents downstream of Yangdong Reservoir as a result of altered reservoir management procedures.

31. Environmental monitoring program (Section D of the EMP). The program comprises three types of monitoring: (i) internal monitoring; (ii) external monitoring; and (iii) compliance monitoring. Internal monitoring is assessment by the project implementation units (PIUs) and/or CSCs to ensure the contractors are implementing mitigation measures as described in their contractual arrangements and EMP. External monitoring is the measurement of specific environmental variables (e.g. air quality, noise emissions, surface water, river sediment) to ensure that the construction activities do not exceed the standards specified for the project. During the reporting period, the environmental monitoring is conducted by Hunan Qincheng Monitoring Co. Compliance monitoring is the overall assessment of whether all EMP measures are being complied with, and is conducted by the LIEC together with the PMO Environment Officer. This monitoring does not involve quantitative measurement of environmental variables, but is based on visual inspection, site visits, and review of the progress reports for internal and external monitoring.

32. Reporting (Section D of the EMP). This section of the EMP describes the reporting requirements for the project, including the responsible agencies and reporting frequency.

33. Training (Section E of the EMP). This section of the EMP describes the training program for environmental safeguards, including the recipients and frequency of training.

34. Consultation and participation plan (Section F of the EMP). This section of the EMP identifies the mechanisms by which consultations will be accomplished (e.g., through workshops, questionnaires, etc.), the frequency of consultations, topics, and target audiences.

35. Costs (Section H of the EMP). This section of the EMP describes the estimated costs for EMP implementation over 6 years (5 years construction and 1 year operation). The cost estimates in the EMP include the costs for the mitigation measures, training, and monitoring.

IV. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT DURING THE REPORTING PERIOD

A. Implementation of the project mitigation measures

36. The assessment was conducted by the LIEC together with the Environmental Officer of PMO in October and December 2018 through construction sites inspection, meetings with the contractors and CSCs and review of the monthly reports from the contractors and CSCs.

37. Implementation of the mitigation measures in the EMP is summarized in Table IV-1. This table is the same as Table EMP-3 of the EMP but has additional columns, to summarize the implementation status and compliance for each listed mitigation measure within the reporting period.

Table IV-1: Project impacts, mitigation measures, and implementation status

Work phase Potential Mitigation measure prescribed in EMP Implementation In impacts/issues status, issues compliance? identified and corrective actions Pre-construction 1. Design Establish EMU • A 2-person EMU will be established EMU established in Yes, the Stage within each PMO each PMO EMU established in the PMO and PIUs. 2. Bidding Bidding • Environmental section will be included in Environmental Yes. and documents and the TOR for bidders section was included Checked, the Construction contractors’ • Environmental clauses for contractors in in TOR for bidders, environmental Preparation qualifications reference to the EMP and monitoring plan environmental clauses were will be included in the construction and clauses were included in supply contracts included in contract the bidding documents and contracts. Environmental • Contractors will be required to prepare an All contractors have Yes, done. operation and environmental operation and supervision prepared manuals, supervision manual submitted to the manual respective IA. Construction 1. Topo- Earthwork, soil • Construct intercepting channels to All of contractors Yes, in graphy and erosion, soil prevent construction runoff entering have implemented compliance. Soils contamination waterways. soil erosion, soil Based on the • Divert runoff from sites to sedimentation pollution control site ponds or existing drainage. measures on each inspection, • Limit construction and material handling site. the soil during periods of rains and high winds. erosion and • Stabilize embankments, and other soil pollution erosion-prone areas during works. control • Minimize open excavation areas and use measures compaction techniques for pipe trenches. were taken. • Properly store petroleum products, hazardous materials and wastes on impermeable surfaces in secured and covered areas. • Rehabilitate all spoil disposal sites and construction sites.

Work phase Potential Mitigation measure prescribed in EMP Implementation In impacts/issues status, issues compliance? identified and corrective actions • All landscaping will only use native plant species. • Situate construction camps and storage areas to minimize land area required. • Remove construction wastes from the site to the approved disposal sites. • Establish emergency preparedness and response plan for spills including cleanup equipment at each construction site and training in emergency spill response procedures. • Stabilize earthwork areas within 30 days after earthworks have ceased at the sites. 2. Ambient Dust generated • Equip material stockpiles and concrete All of contractors Yes, in Air by construction mixing equipment with dust shrouds. have implemented compliance activities, • Spray water on construction sites and dust control and air gaseous air earth/material handling routes. pollution control pollution (SO2, • For odor impacts during sediment measures on each CO, NOx) from dredging, immediately transport spoil to site. construction disposal site after de-watering, in sealed machinery containers. • Cover materials during truck transport. • Purchase pre-mixed asphalt for road surface paving after water diversion pipeline laying; if asphalt is heated and mixed onsite, asphalt mixers must be located >200 m from villages and other sensitive receptors. • Store petroleum or other harmful materials in appropriate places. Ensure emissions from vehicle and machinery comply with PRC standards of GB18352- 2005, GB17691-2005, GB11340-2005, GB2847-2005, and GB18285-2005. • Equipment and machinery is maintained to a high standard to ensure efficient running and fuel-burning. • High-horsepower equipment will be installed with tail gas purifiers to ensure emissions be in compliance with PRC- GB16297-1996. 3. Noise Noise • Ensure construction machinery conform All of contractors Yes, in generated from to PRC standard of GB12523-90. have implemented compliance. construction • Properly maintain vehicles and noise control No public activities machineries to minimize noise. Apply measures on each complaint for noise reduction devices or methods site. noise. where piling equipment is operating, such as construction of bridges and other hydraulic structures, within 300 m of sensitive sites.

Work phase Potential Mitigation measure prescribed in EMP Implementation In impacts/issues status, issues compliance? identified and corrective actions • Locate sites for rock crushing and concrete-mixing >500 m from sensitive areas. • Prohibit operation of machinery generating high levels of noise, such as piling, and movement of heavy vehicles along urban and village roads between 20:00 and 06:00. • Place temporary hoardings or noise barriers around noise sources during construction. • Monitor noise at sensitive areas and consult residents at regular intervals (see monitoring plan in this EMP). If noise standards are exceeded, equipment and construction conditions shall be checked, and mitigation measures shall be implemented to rectify the situation. • Conduct interviews with residents adjacent to construction sites to identify and resolve issues, including adjustment of work hours of noise-generating machinery. 4. Surface Impact of • Extract channel material with small All of contractors Yes, in Water embankment excavators or manual labor to minimize have implemented compliance. Pollution and and dredging disturbance. surface water Dredging construction • Access sites through existing roads or at pollution protection points where minimum clearing is measures on sites. required. • If not possible, enter the river bed upstream from silt protection barriers. • Place all disposal sites in low permeable material (permeability <10-6 cm/sec). Cover site with a clay and topsoil cap. Reseed using local species of grasses. • Conduct dredging in <800 m sections to minimize the extent of disturbance at any one time. • Only conduct works in dry season between September and January, time of lowest water depth and flow. Complete 1 month before rainy season. • Install silt fences or other appropriate method downstream from excavated areas. • Avoid any known fish breeding sites, especially in Lianping and Guangqiao Rivers. • Remove all dredged material at suitable sites within 75 m of the disturbed areas, to avoid unnecessary transport

Work phase Potential Mitigation measure prescribed in EMP Implementation In impacts/issues status, issues compliance? identified and corrective actions minimizing the release of contaminated dust and sediment. • Prior to disposal, drain off excess water. Dry the dredge material in sludge drying areas. Impact of • Construction wastewater collected in All of contractors Yes, in wastewater retention ponds and filter tanks to remove have implemented compliance. pollution silts, oil. wastewater pollution • Machine wash-down sites are equipped control measures on with water collection basins and sediment each site. traps. • Locate storage / cleaning areas for fuel, machinery and vehicles >500 m from waterways. • Storage facilities for fuels, oil, and other hazardous materials will be within secured areas on impermeable surfaces, and provided with bunds and cleanup installations. • Contractors’ fuel suppliers must be properly licensed. They shall follow proper protocol for transferring fuel and the PRC standard of JT3145-88 (Transportation, Loading and Unloading of Dangerous or Harmful Goods). • All earthworks along waterways will be accompanied by measures to minimize sediment runoff, including sediment traps. • Labor camps will be located >300 m from waterways. • Portable toilets and on-site wastewater pre-treatment systems will be installed at construction camps along with proper maintenance protocols. • Water quality (for pollutants such as SS, CODcr, NH3-N and petroleum) in the project waterways will be monitored by local EMS during construction 5. Solid Solid waste • Provide appropriate waste collection and All of contractors Yes, in Wastes generated by storage containers at locations away from have implemented compliance. construction surface water or sensitive receivers. solid wastes disposal activities and • Arrange with municipal waste collection actions on sites. from workers’ services for regular collection of waste. camps • Properly remove and dispose residual materials, wastes and contaminated soils. Paving or vegetating shall be done as soon as the materials are removed to stabilize the soil. • Burning of waste is strictly prohibited. • Provide sufficient garbage bins at strategic locations and ensure that they 20

Work phase Potential Mitigation measure prescribed in EMP Implementation In impacts/issues status, issues compliance? identified and corrective actions are protected from birds and vermin, and emptied regularly by the municipal waste collection systems. 6. Biological Protection of • Prior to construction, demarcate existing All of contractors Yes, in Resources flora and fauna vegetation and fauna habitats e.g. have implemented compliance. around vegetated roadsides, trees, riverbanks. the measures for construction • As far as possible avoid clearance of any flora and fauna sites vegetation. protection measures • After construction, immediately replant vegetation in any sites subject to clearance. • In compliance with PRC Forestry Law, the compensatory planting must be the same as, or larger than, the area cleared. • Use only native plant species of local provenance for all re-vegetation. • Any fauna found during construction, especially turtles, will be immediately reported to the EPBs and PMO Environment Officer, photographed, and released on the same day in the nearest suitable habitat. 7. Socio- Impact on • Use coffer dams and temporary diversion All of contractors Yes, in economic physical cultural channels to maintain continued water have implemented compliance. resources resources, and flow while works are conducted. measures to protect impacts on • Prior to works, re-confirm the planned local residential residential construction schedule and site EMP communities from the communities actions. construction impacts. • Inform residents at least two days before any planned water interruptions. • Assist residents if requested with community water storage during the interruption period. Interruptions to water supply should not be longer than one (1) day. • In case of accidental interruption (e.g. unintended damage of an existing pipeline), immediately inform affected communities and assist with water supply until the issue is resolved. Community • Prepare and implement a traffic control All of contractors Yes, in health and plan, for approval by the county traffic have implemented compliance. safety management administration. the measures to • To schedule or divert construction traffic protect the to avoid peak hours, regulate traffic at communities from road crossings, select routes to reduce construction impacts. disturbance, reinstate roads, and open them to traffic when construction is completed. Underground facilities survey and protection.

Work phase Potential Mitigation measure prescribed in EMP Implementation In impacts/issues status, issues compliance? identified and corrective actions • Pipeline construction activities will be planned to minimize disturbances to utility services. • Residents and businesses will be informed in advance through media and information boards of the construction activities, dates and duration of expected disruption. • Signs will be placed at construction sites informing people of the project GRM, potential dangers (e.g. moving vehicles, hazardous materials, excavation) and safety issues. • Heavy machinery will not be used at night. • All sites will be secured from unauthorized public access. Occupational • Prepare environmental, health and safety All of contractors Yes, in health and plan which complies with PRC State have implemented compliance. safety Administration of Worker Safety Laws occupational H&S and Regulations, including: measures for • Clean and sufficient supply of fresh water protection of for construction sites, camps, offices. construction workers • Sufficient latrines and other sanitary arrangements at construction sites and work camps. • Garbage receptacles and regular emptying. • Provide protective equipment and clothing (goggles, gloves, respirators, dust masks, hard hats, steel-toed boots) for construction workers and enforce their use. • Place signs around the construction areas to provide safety advice and warnings. • Ensure sites and machinery are off-limits to the general public. • For residential areas next to construction (especially loud noise), ensure residents are aware of the duration and nature of works, potential hazards, and offer to provide ear plugs/dust masks/other basic safety equipment. • Emergency response plan for accidents prepared and approved by PIUs and EPB. Establish emergency phone links with township hospitals and maintain a first-aid base in each construction camp. Establish a records management system for occupational accidents, diseases,

Work phase Potential Mitigation measure prescribed in EMP Implementation In impacts/issues status, issues compliance? identified and corrective actions incidents. The records will be reviewed during compliance monitoring and audits. • Safety communication. Ensure that occupational health and safety matters are given a high degree of publicity to all persons on-site. Display posters prominently. • Training, awareness and competence. Train all workers in basic sanitation, health and safety matters, and work hazards. Implement awareness and prevention program for HIV/AIDS and other diseases – target the local community and construction workers.

38. Based on Table IV-1, all contractors, prior to construction, prepared site-EMPs on the basis of the EMP. These had been submitted to the PMO and PIUs monthly and were considered adequate. Contractors and the CSCs assigned specific personnel for their daily environmental management and supervision on site during construction. The PMO, PIUs and LIEC conducted site visits, reviewed the site-EMPs, as checked the contractors’ compliance with the EMP and their site-EMPs.

V. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITOING

A. Monitoring result for the river sediment (supplementary sampling)

39. Based on the ADB’s requirement in October 2018, additional in-channel sediment samples were taken by the environmental monitoring entity on 18 and 19 October 2018 for the five rivers which had been dredged and embanked. The PRC does not have a standard for sediment in waterways such as streams, rivers, lakes, reservoirs and the sea. It is common practice in the PRC to use Environmental Quality Standard for Soils (GB 15168-1995) to assess sediment quality since most sediment would be disposed on land and mostly likely for future agricultural or planting uses.

40. The monitoring results show that the contents of Hg at Liangping River and Qingyao River slightly exceed Class II standards (0.505 mg/kg at Liangping River and 0.831 mg/kg at Qingyao River against the standard value of 0.50 mg/kg in pH 6.5-7.5 sediment and 1.0 mg/kg in pH>7.5 sediment (Table V-1). All the other pollutants at all the points meet the standard. The high background level of Hg is natural in the area due to mineral-rich, not caused by the construction activities. (the sediment background date in the ADB EIA show that in addition to Hg the other exceeded standard pollutants were cadmium and arsenic in the area).

Table V-1. Summary of Sediment Monitoring in Oct. 2018 (mg/kg, except pH) No Sampling Point PH Hg Pb Cd As Zn Cu Cr 1 Xingning River 8.27 0.365 45.5 0.21 16.9 154 27.9 51.3 2 Guangqiao River 6.33 0.407 33.4 0.14 16.7 167 21.4 10.4 3 Tian’eshan Site 7.67 0.078 10.3 0.05 18.9 146 24.7 37.8 4 Lianping River 7.27 0.505 0.71 0.08 20.1 65.8 4.11 23.0 5 Qingyao Rivers 7.01 0.831 51.6 0.09 17.1 200 14.0 13.4 Grade II of (PH6.5-7.5) 0.5 300 0.3 25 250 100 300 Grade II (pH›7.5 1.0 350 0,6 20 300 100 350

B. Environmental monitoring during reporting period

41. Three types of project monitoring were conducted in the reporting period, included (i) internal monitoring conducted by the CSCs and PIUs; (ii) external monitoring of ambient air, noise, and surface water conducted by Hunan Qincheng Monitoring Co.; and (iii) compliance monitoring conducted by the LIEC together with the Environmental officer of PMO to ensure that the EMP was being implemented. Summary of assessment are presented in Table V-2, while the detailed external monitoring results are shown in Table V-4 to Table V-6, and the original external monitoring reports in Chinese are attached as appendix II

C. Monitoring plan and responsibilities

42. Internal monitoring. The project monitoring program in the project EMP focuses on the environment within the project area of influence. The daily internal environmental inspection and monitoring were conducted by the CSCs and the PIUs’ environmental officers, which Include: (i) implementation of the EMP mitigation measures by the contractors; (ii) number and timeliness of internal reports provided by the contractors/CSCs to the PMO; (iii) any instances of non-performance; and (iv) corrective actions for any non-compliance. The internal monitoring results are documented in the CSCs’ monthly internal environment inspection reports, which should be submitted to the PMO

and the PIUs monthly. Because the consulting team of loan implementation TA services was contracted in April 2018, the LIEC mobilized on site in early April 2018, the template tables were distributed to each of the contractors and CSCs after the environmental management training on 17 April 2018. During the reporting period, the monthly reports from the contractors and CSCs were received.

43. External monitoring. The environmental monitoring entity were contracted by the PMO to conduct external environment monitoring at construction sites and sensitive points in accordance with the EMP, by using the PRC standard monitoring methods in accordance with the environment monitoring program in the EMP, read below paras in detail.

44. Compliance monitoring. The LIEC (Mr. Wang Zhe, with the German master’s degree in Environment and eight (8) years World Bank and ADB project experience) has been contracted under the loan implementation consultant services. The LIEC mobilized on site in April 2018, and the LIEC has advised the PMO, PIUs, contractors and CSCs on environmental management and monitoring for the project in the training seminar. The LIEC; (i) prepared the two EMRs; (ii) conducted the sites inspection and compliance monitoring; (iii) distributed and collected the contractors and CSCs monthly EMR implementation reports; (iv) had meetings with the contractors, CSCs, PIUs for understanding the status and situation of the EMR implementation, etc. the assessments of environmental monitoring are shown in Table V-2. during the next reporting period, the LIEC will (i) go on to support the EMP implementation; (ii) support the PMO to prepare the next semi-annual EMR to ADB; (iv) provide training to the PMO, PIUs, contractors and CSCs on EMP implementation, GRM, relevant laws and policies, and ADB’s SPS, EMP implementation; (iv) identify any environment-related implementation issues, and propose necessary corrective actions; (vi) undertake site visits for EMP inspection, and (vii) assists in updating the EMP and environmental monitoring program, as needed.

Table V-2 Assessment of environmental monitoring activities and results during the reporting period. Results meet Corrective Monitoring Type of the applicable actions Subject Parameter Frequency compliant with monitoring standards? EMP? Y/N Y/N Ambient air Dust mitigation Internal Once a week Yes, done by Yes. - quality measures in contractors and EMP; equipment supervised by maintenance CSCs Compliance Solid waste Garbage and Internal Daily Yes, Yes, done Yes - construction by contractors waste and supervised by CSCs Soil erosion Soil erosion Internal Once a week; Yes, Yes, done Yes - and re- intensity and by contractors vegetation immediately and supervised after heavy by CSCs rainfall Re-vegetation of Internal At least 4 Yes, Yes, done Yes - embankments, times/year by contractors spoil disposal and supervised sites, by CSCs construction sites Compliance 25

Results meet Corrective Monitoring Type of the applicable actions Subject Parameter Frequency compliant with monitoring standards? EMP? Y/N Y/N Wastewater Provision and Internal Daily Yes, Yes, done Yes - operation of by contractors domestic and and supervised construction by CSCs wastewater Compliance Occupational Camp hygiene, Internal 1 time/month Yes, Yes, done Yes - health and safety, by the safety availability of contractors and clean water, supervised by emergency the CSCs response plans Compliance Quality of pH, SS, NH3-N, External Four times per Yes (two times Yes During the sewage and CODCr, BOD5 year during per year), see reporting discharge oil, fecal construction Table V-6. period, only a channels at coliforms little work camps wastewater Construction pH, SS, oil External Four times per Partially yes Yes discharged, wastewater year during (two times per two times per construction year) year is enough. Compliance Surface water pH, SS, NH3-N, External 2 times/year Yes Yes - quality CODCr, oil, As, during Cd construction Compliance Ambient air TSP, PM10, External 4 times/year Partially yes yes - NOx during (two times per construction year), see Table V-4 below. Compliance Noise LAeq External 2 times/year Yes, see Table Yes - (twice a day: V-5 below. once in day time and once at night time, for 2 consecutive days) Compliance

45. Standard methods for the external monitoring. Based on the construction characteristics and the local environmental functional zoning specified by the local EPB, the applicable national standards are confirmed in the EMP for evaluation of the monitoring results. The standard monitoring methods are listed in Table V-3 below.

Table V-3 Monitoring Methods of Ambient Air, Noise and Water

Item Detection Parameter Standard Method (code No.) Limit Ambient TSP (mg/m3) Gravimetric (GB/T15432-1995) 0.001 mg/m3 air PM10 (mg/m3) Gravimetric (GB/T15432-1995) 0.010 mg/m3 N(1-naphty1)-ethylenediamine dihydrochloride NO2 (mg/m3) 0.005 mg/m3 spectrophotometric method (HJ 479-2009) Noise Equivalent Continuous A Decibel meter (GB12348-2008) - Sound (Leq) Water pH value Glass electrode method (GB6920-86) 0.01pH CODcr (mg/L) dichromate titration (HJ828-2017) 4 mg/L Petroleum (mg/L) Infrared spectra photograph (HJ 637-2012) 0.01 mg/L SS (mg/L) Gravimetric method (GB11901-89) 4.0 mg/L Nessler's reagent Spectrophotometric method NH3-N 0.025 mg/L (HJ 535-2009) BOD5 dilution and inoculation method (HJ 505-2009) 0.5 mg/l Fecal coliform multi-tube zymolytic method (HJ/T 347-2007) -

D. External Monitoring Results of the second half of 2018

46. Ambient Air quality. The external ambient air quality was monitored by Hunan Qiancheng Monitoring Co. at 31 sites for two consecutive days on 26-27 September 2018 (Table V-4), three monitoring points were selected for each monitoring site including upwind and downwind of the site and the sensitive point nearby the site. The three parameters of TSP, PM10 and NO2 were monitored. The applicable PRC national standard is Grade II of Integrated Emission Standards of Air Pollutants (GB16297-1996). The monitoring data in Table V-4 shows that the daily average concentrations of TSP, PM10 and NO2 at all the monitoring points meet the standard.

47. The ambient air quality standard of GB3039-2012 was also used to assess the air qualities, the three monitored parameters of TSP, PM10 and NO2 at all monitoring points meet the Grade II Ambient Air Quality Standard of BG3039-2012, shows that the air quality at the construction sites were good.

Table V-4 Ambient Air Monitoring Result – second half of 2018 (daily average- mg/m3) Monitoring results Data Location Monitoring Point TSP PM10 NO2 W1-WW1: Wastewater Treatment Plants and Sewer Networks for Six Towns, and Solid Waste Transfer Station for Qingjiang upwind 0.073 0.060 0.033 i). Sewer facilities and network, and solid downwind 0.078 0.068 0.037 wastes transfer station in Qingjiang Sensitive point 0.080 0.069 0.042 upwind 0.071 0.057 0.028 26 Sep ii). Sewer facilities and network in Chukou downwind 0.086 0.068 0.033 2018 Town Sensitive point 0.083 0.072 0.045 upwind 0.073 0.059 0.031 iii). Sewer facilities and network in Longxi Town downwind 0.085 0.072 0.036 Sensitive point 0.081 0.071 0.039 iv). Sewer facilities and network in Qingyao upwind 0.073 0.056 0.027 Town downwind 0.085 0.067 0.029 27

Sensitive point 0.082 0.070 0.035 upwind 0.077 0.059 0.022 v). Sewer facilities and network in Dongping downwind 0.089 0.069 0.029 Town Sensitive point 0.092 0.072 0.041 upwind 0.076 0.059 0.022 vi). Sewer facilities and network in Lianping downwind 0.091 0.071 0.030 Town Sensitive point 0.094 0.073 0.040 W1-WW2 Wastewater Treatment Plants and sewer Networks for Bailang and Dongping Towns upwind 0.078 0.060 0.022 i). Sewer facilities and network in the villages downwind 0.096 0.070 0.027 of Bailang Town Sensitive point 0.095 0.072 0.033 upwind 0.079 0.061 0.031 ii). Sewer facilities and network in the villages downwind 0.088 0.071 0.032 of Qingyao Town Sensitive point 0.086 0.072 0.045 W1-WW5: Village Wastewater Treatment Plants and Sewer Networks for Dongjiang and Zhoumensi Towns upwind 0.074 0.060 0.022 i). Sewer facilities and network in Huangcao downwind 0.084 0.071 0.025 villages Sensitive point 0.085 0.073 0.030 upwind 0.078 0.061 0.033 ii). Sewer facilities and network in the villages downwind 0.085 0.072 0.039 of Dongjiang Town Sensitive point 0.088 0.074 0.047 W1-SW1 Six Solid Waste Transfer Stations and Affiliated Facilities (excluding Qingjiang) upwind 0.073 0.059 0.028 i). Solid Waste Transfer Stations and Affiliated downwind 0.084 0.074 0.031 Facilities for Dongjiang Town Sensitive point 0.082 0.075 0.038 upwind 0.078 0.062 0.027 ii). Solid Waste Transfer Stations and Affiliated downwind 0.087 0.072 0.046 Facilities for Chukou Town Sensitive point 0.088 0.075 0.047 upwind 0.075 0.066 0.022 iii). Solid Waste Transfer Stations and Affiliated downwind 0.084 0.075 0.027 Facilities for Qingyao Town Sensitive point 0.085 0.076 0.036 upwind 0.075 0.063 0.033 iv). Solid Waste Transfer Stations and Affiliated downwind 0.084 0.075 0.035 Facilities for Zhoumensi Town Sensitive point 0.088 0.076 0.040 upwind 0.074 0.060 0.022 v). Solid Waste Transfer Stations and Affiliated downwind 0.087 0.071 0.025 Facilities for Liaojiang Town Sensitive point 0.084 0.073 0.034 W3-RR1 Rehabilitation for Tian’eshan and Guangqiao Rivers upwind 0.078 0.059 0.028 i). Rehabilitation of Guangqiao River downwind 0.087 0.069 0.031 Sensitive point 0.091 0.072 0.037 upwind 0.079 0.060 0.026 27 Sep ii). Rehabilitation of Tian’eshan River downwind 0.092 0.073 0.029 2018 Sensitive point 0.096 0.074 0.034 upwind 0.078 0.064 0.033 iii). Rehabilitation of Xingning River downwind 0.092 0.076 0.040 Sensitive point 0.096 0.073 0.040 W3-RR3: Rehabilitation for Lianping and Qingyao Rivers upwind 0.076 0.064 0.036 i). Qingyao River Rehabilitation downwind 0.087 0.075 0.038 Sensitive point 0.088 0.077 0.041 28

upwind 0.078 0.061 0.027 ii). Lianping River Rehabilitation downwind 0.087 0.072 0.029 Sensitive point 0.087 0.074 0.033 upwind 0.078 0.062 0.031 W4-ER1: Fish Proliferation Platform (Taohua downwind 0.092 0.071 0.035 square) Sensitive point 0.090 0.073 0.039 upwind 0.079 0.059 0.025 W4-ER2 Fish-Breeding Base (Zhongdong downwind 0.092 0.070 0.028 fishery) Sensitive point 0.097 0.072 0.029 upwind 0.076 0.058 0.030 W4-ER3 Riverbank Greening and Pass way in downwind 0.093 0.069 0.030 Wetland Sensitive point 0.096 0.069 0.041 upwind 0.078 0.057 0.022 W4-ER4 Xingning River Wetland (Taiqian downwind 0.091 0.071 0.026 Village) Sensitive point 0.093 0.073 0.037 W4-ER5 Hangxi River Wetland （ Hangxi upwind 0.075 0.060 0.016 downwind 0.096 0.072 0.019 Village） Sensitive point 0.095 0.073 0.022 upwind 0.075 0.060 0.019 W4-ER6: Huangcao lakeside wetland downwind 0.087 0.073 0.024 (Huangcao town Jinniu Island) Sensitive point 0.087 0.074 0.030 upwind 0.075 0.059 0.017 No.1 Water Quality Monitoring Station downwind 0.092 0.070 0.023 Sensitive point 0.093 0.071 0.027 upwind 0.075 0.061 0.025 No.2 Water Quality Monitoring Station downwind 0.090 0.072 0.027 Sensitive point 0.092 0.073 0.036 upwind 0.073 0.058 0.019 The Environmental Monitoring Center downwind 0.081 0.070 0.021 Sensitive point 0.091 0.073 0.024 upwind 0.075 0.059 0.017 The Fisheries Monitoring Station downwind 0.083 0.070 0.020 Sensitive point 0.089 0.071 0.019 upwind 0.074 0.061 0.022 The Forest Resources Monitoring Center downwind 0.085 0.072 0.027 Sensitive point 0.092 0.074 0.030 Integrated Emission Standards of Air Pollutants Standard – Grade II 1.0 - 0.12 (GB16297-1996) Ambient Air Quality Standard – Grade II (GB3039-2012) 0.3 0.15 0.08

48. Noise. Thirty-one (31) monitoring sites (with124 monitoring points) were selected for the noise monitoring at the boundaries of construction sites, the monitoring was conducted during the period of 24-25 September 2018 (in daytime only because all construction activities stop at night). The monitoring result in Table V-5 shows that all the monitoring data meet the national Noise Standard at Construction Boundaries (GB12523-2011) – Grade II.

Table V-5 Monitoring Data of Noise - the second half of 2018 (Leq[dB(A)]) Monitoring results Monitoring Daytime No. Location date East of South of West of North site site site of site W1-WW1: Wastewater Treatment Plants and 24 Sep

Sewer Networks for Six Towns, and Solid 2018

Waste Transfer Station for Qingjiang i). Sewer facilities and network, and solid 64.5 63.2 62.9 64.3

wastes transfer station in Qingjiang ii). Sewer facilities and network in Chukou 64.0 63.8 65.7 66.5

Town iii). Sewer facilities and network in Longxi Town 66.5 65.8 66.0 67.0 iv). Sewer facilities and network in Qingyao 64.6 67.7 61.8 66.0

Town v). Sewer facilities and network in Dongping 63.5 62.1 67.2 64.0

Town vi). Sewer facilities and network in Lianping 68.2 68.9 68.0 68.9

Town W1-WW2 Wastewater Treatment Plants and sewer Networks for Bailang and Dongping Towns i). Sewer facilities and network in the villages 64.4 63.9 65.2 67.7

of Bailang Town ii). Sewer facilities and network in the villages 63.6 63.8 64.9 65.9

of Qingyao town iii). Sewer facilities and network in the villages 67.0 64.9 64.4 63.8

of Huangcao Town iv). Sewer facilities and network in the villages of 68.2 66.4 64.2 66.3

Dongjiang Town W1-SW1 Six Solid Waste Transfer Stations and Affiliated Facilities (excluding Qingjiang) i). Solid Waste Transfer Stations and Affiliated 63.2 61.5 69.3 66.1

Facilities for Chukou Town ii). Solid Waste Transfer Stations and Affiliated 64.3 61.8 65.8 68.2

Facilities for Zhoumensi Town iii). Solid Waste Transfer Stations and Affiliated 65.0 62.9 64.9 64.1

Facilities for Qingyao Town iv). Solid Waste Transfer Stations and Affiliated 66.7 68.3 68.5 67.7

Facilities for Dongjiang Town v). Solid Waste Transfer Stations and Affiliated 67.9 68.3 67.6 67.8

Facilities for Liaojiang Town W3-RR1: Rehabilitation for Tian’eshan and

Guangqiao Rivers i). Guangqiao River Rehabilitation 67.8 67.6 65,5 68.2 ii). Tianeshan River Rehabilitation 64.7 66.5 65.2 67.7 iii). Xingning River Rehabilitation 68.1 69.4 68.6 67.5 W3-RR3: Rehabilitation for Lianping and

Qingyao Rivers i). Qingyao River Rehabilitation 68.9 68.1 68.5 67.4 ii). Lianpin River Rehabilitation 25 Sep 67.4 68.5 68.0 68.9 W4-ER1: Fish Proliferation Platform (Taohua 2018 67.9 68.3 68.0 67.5 square) W4-ER2 Fish-Breeding Base (Zhongdong 66.8 64.2 67.1 68.6 fishery) W4-ER3 Riverbank Greening and Pass way 67.0 65.2 67.3 66.5 in Wetland W4-ER4 Xingning River Wetland (Taiqian 66.8 67.8 68.0 67.5

Village) W4-ER5 Hangxi River Wetland（Hangxi 68.5 65.5 66.1 63.6 30

Village） W4-ER6: Huangcao lakeside wetland 68.7 65.3 66.2 68.5

(Huangcao town jinniu island) No.1 Water Quality Monitoring Station 67.3 66.5 66.0 67.8 No.2 Water Quality Monitoring Station 64.8 68.6 62.2 65.4 The Environmental Monitoring Center 69.3 62.7 65.3 68.1 The Fisheries Monitoring Station 67.5 67.2 67.7 66.8 The Forest Resources Monitoring Center 67.9 67.0 66.7 67.0 Standard limit of GB12523-2011 70 dB(A)（daytime） Leq = Equivalent continuous sound pressure level, in decibels

49. Wastewater and surface water monitoring: twenty-three (23) monitoring points including 10 for surface water and 13 for wastewater discharge, were selected, the monitoring was conducted on 26-27 September 2018. The monitoring results shows that all the water qualities meet the Surface Water Quality Standard of GB3838-2002 – Grade III, and the Integrated Wastewater Discharge Standard of GB8978-1996 – Grade I, respectively (Table V-6).

Table V-6 Water Quality Monitoring - the second half of 2018 (mg/L, except pH and coliform) NH3- Total Date Location pH SS Petroleum CODCr BOD5 N coliform W1-WW1: WWTPs and Sewer Networks for Six Towns, and Solid Waste Transfer Station for Qingjiang 1). Sewer facilities and network, and solid wastes transfer station in Qingjiang 6.94 29 2.62 3.51 2600 77 15.1 (wastewater discharge point 2). Sewer facilities and network in Longxi 7.32 30 2.81 2.90 3300 41 13.4 Town (wastewater discharge point) 3). Sewer facilities and network in Qingyao 7.45 14 2.94 2.43 3400 32 10.9 Town (wastewater discharge point) 4). Sewer facilities and network in Dongping 7.16 22 2.35 2.26 2700 48 15.8 Town (wastewater discharge point) 5). Sewer facilities and network in Lianping 7.24 34 2.73 2.37 4900 34 11.3 Town (wastewater discharge point) 26 W4-ER6: Huangcao lakeside wetland 7.53 25 3.01 1.52 2100 19 6.3 Sep. (jinniu island) wastewater discharge point 2018 W4-ER5 Hangxi River Wetland（Hangxi 7.32 16 3.62 3.84 4300 35 11.5 Village） W4-ER4 Xingning River Wetland (Taiqian 6.01 33 3.54 4.23 2200 57 18.5 Village) wastewater discharge point W4-ER3 Riverbank Greening and Pass way 7.00 36 2.93 4.35 3300 27 9.1 in Wetland W4-ER2 Fish-Breeding Base (Zhongdong 6.94 31 2.71 4.41 4900 53 17.6 fishery) W4-ER1: Fish Proliferation Platform 7.11 22 3.39 4.10 3400 49 16.2 (Taohua square) No.1 Water Quality Monitoring station 7.42 20 1.16 0.22 2600 22 7.2 No.2 Water Quality Monitoring Station 2 7.10 19 1.24 0.27 2200 28 9.2 Integrated wastewater discharge Standard 6~9 70 15 5 — 100 20 of GB8978-1996 - Grade I 27 W3-RR2: 200 m upstream of Xingning River 7.64 18 0.509 0.02 1400 10 1.9 Sep, W3-RR2: 500 m downstream of Xingning 7.73 19 0.715 0.02 1700 13 2.4 31

2018 River W3-RR1 Rehabilitation for Tian’eshan and 7.24 8 0.642 0.01 900 9 1.5 Guangqiao Rivers W3-RR2: 500 m downstream of Tian’eshan 7.31 9 0.791 0.03 1100 15 2.6 River site i). 200 m upstream of Guangqiao River site 7.56 15 0.598 0.01 2100 6 1.2 ii). 500 m downstream of Guangqiao River 7.43 17 0.893 0.01 2600 12 2.3 site W3-RR3: Qingyao and Lianping river

rehabilitation i). 200 m upstream of Qingyao river site 7.28 16 0.243 0.01 1300 8 1.4 ii). 500 m downstream of Qingyao river site 6.94 20 0.346 0.01 1400 10 2.0 iii). 200 m upstream of Lianping River site 7.61 11 0.701 0.01 1700 7 1.2 iv). 500 m downstream of Lianping River site 7.82 12 0.772 0.02 2200 9 1.7 Surface water quality Standard (GB3838-2002 - 6~9 — 1.0 0.05 10000 20 4 Grade III

E. Conclusions

50. During the reporting period, all monitored environmental parameters of ambient air, noise, as well as wastewater and surface water complied with the applicable PRC environmental standards. The external monitoring results show the local environment was not negatively impacted by the project implementation.

VI. PUBLIC CONSULTATION AND GRIEVANCE REDRESS MECHANISM

51. Public consultation had been conducted during preparation of the domestic EIA and the project EIA in 2015 in accordance with the PRC Guideline on Public Consultation in EIA (2006) and ADB’s SPS (2009). Information disclosure and public consultation included: two rounds of internet, newspaper and posters information disclosure; numerous meetings with key stakeholders, including representatives of the affected public, local authorities and organizations; informal visits to communities and households in the project areas; two questionnaire surveys; and a wider stakeholder meeting attended by affected people and other concerned stakeholders.

52. Public consultation during reporting period. In the reporting period, there was no public consultation activity in Zixing City. The public consultation was planned during the reporting period, due to the design of water supply facilities had not been completed in the reporting period, the treatment process and construction methods had not been finally decided. The questionnaires for the public consultation had been designed by the LIEC and the PMO, the questionnaire survey will be conducted in March or April 2019 by the PMO and the consultants according to the plan;

53. A grievance redress mechanism (GRM) was established in Zixing City during the ADB PPTA in compliance with ADB’s SPS (2009) requirement to prevent and address community concerns and assist the project to maximize environmental and social benefits. The GRM was presented and discussed with potentially affected persons during public consultation.

54. In April 2018, the consultants, both the LIEC and social consultants had the training and discussion including the GRM issue, the GRM responsible persons from the PMO, all the PIUs and major contractors and CSCs received the training, they understood the principal, the procedure, the responsible persons ‘roles and responsibilities in the GRM after the training.

55. The GRM contract points and responsible persons are shown in Table VI-1 below. On the municipal level, the municipal EPB has set up the Environmental GRM hotline, which is open 24 hours a day; on the PMO level, both the Environmental and Social Officers (Mr. Chen Jianjun and Mr. Yuan Shoushu) are contract persons for the GRM during the project implementation; the contact person of the PIUs, and the LIEC are listed in the table below.

Table VI-1 Responsible Persons of GRM in the PMO and the PIUs Responsible No. Agency Contact information Person Zixing Municipal EPB 1 Environmental GRM hotline 0735-12345 PMO 2 Chen Jianjun Environmental officer of Zixing PMO Tel: 18390499969; 0735- 7671119 3 Yuan Shoushu Social officer of Zixing PMO Tell: 13298591813, 0735- 7671119 IA/PIU 4 Duan Xiang Environmental coordinator of Zixing Tel: 13873516673 Infrastructures Investment Co. (IA) 5 Li Changhe Environmental Coordinator of Housing and Tel: 13975743766 urban-rural planning and construction bureau 6 Yang Shuming Environmental Coordinator of Zixing Tel: 13975708388 Environment Protection Bureau 7 Huang Zhiwen Environmental Coordinator of Zixing Tel: 13975775328

Forestry Bureau - PIU 8 Yang Xiaoming Environmental Coordinator of Zixing Water Tel: 15386356668 Conservation Bureau-PIU 9 Yuan Jianxiong Environmental Coordinator of Dongjiang Tel: 13975587168 Reservoir Authority - PIU 10 He Jingguo Environmental Coordinator of Zixing Tel: 18169201477 Agriculture Bureau - PIU LIEC 11 Zhe Wang Environmental consultant from HJI Group. Tel: 15620800702; Co Email: [email protected]

56. There is no grievance recorded in the reporting period perhaps because of less construction activities in the period.

VII. TRAINING AND CAPACITY BUILDING

57. A capacity building and training program were defined in the EMP, which addresses training needs, i.e. training needed for project personnel in order to ensure that the PMO, PIUs, contractors and CSCs are well versed in environmentally sound practices and are able to undertake all construction activities with the appropriate environmental safeguards. The training plan defined in the EMP has been reviewed by ADB, the PMO, the PIUs and the LIEC.

58. During the reporting period, the training to the PMO, the PIU, the contractors and CSCs was conducted by the LIEC on 11 October 2018. All 40 trainees (including 8 females) from the PMO, the PIUs, the contractors and CSCs participated the training. The training PPT was attached as the Appendix 1 of this EMR, and the main contents of training included the followings:

i) Environmental mitigation measures during both construction of built-facility operation;

ii) Water source protection and effluence (treated wastewater) discharge from the built wastewater treatment facilities;

iii) Responsibilities of good practices for the PMO and PIUs’ environmental officers and contractors’ environmental engineers;

iv) Updating the EMP based on the implementation status of projects;

v) ADB’s environmental policies and requirements for environmental management during project implementation; and Environmental impacts and mitigation measures during the construction, including soil erosion control, air and water pollution mitigations, and solid wastes collection and disposal;

vi) Value and importance of wetland and lake/reservoir; and

vii) Importance of the EMP, and the EMP implementation during the construction and operation, including the key mitigation measures for soil erosion control, ambient air and noise pollution control, protection of existing vegetation, measures and mechanism for collection and disposal of domestic rubbish and construction wastes on construction sites, as well as the measures to protect the local communities and construction workers from the construction activities.

Pic VII-1 Environmental training in Oct. 2018 Pic VII-2 Training attendee signature

59. Results. The training was successful, and the feedback from the participants was that the training topics were suitable for their construction practices, and they understood more about the importance of the EMP and the key environmental mitigation measures during the project implementation, and the value and importance of the Dongjiang Lake and other wetlands. They hoped to receive more training in the future.

VIII. COSTS OF EMP IMPLEMENTATION DURING THE REPORTING PERIOD

61. An estimation of the total costs spent to implement the EMP is difficult, because (i) the costs are spread across the PMO, contractors, CSCs, LIEC, and external monitoring agencies; (ii) the costs for environmental management are usually included within the lump sum contract amounts between the PMO, or PIUs and contractors or other agencies. However, an estimate of total costs spent to date includes the following:

• Total contract amount for the external monitoring entities = CNY 303,000

• Cost for environmental management during preconstruction = CNY 200,000.

• Cost for implementation of mitigation measures during 22 months construction = CNY 7,000,000

62. Based on these estimates, the total amount spent to date for implementation of the EMP is approximately CNY 7,503,000. The cost for mitigation measures during constructions was included in the civil contracts, the costs for environmental management during pre-construction were covered in the detailed engineering designs and PMO’s operation budget, and the cost for monitoring was paid by the PMO.

IX. COMPLIANCE WITH LOAN AND PROJECT ASSURANCES

64. The loan agreement and project agreement between the government and ADB includes seven (7) assurances (or “covenants”) for environmental safeguards and/or related to environmental issues. These relate to the timely and effective implementation of the EMP, as well as project-specific assurances tailored to the current project. Compliance with these assurances is a condition of the loan and project agreements. For the current reporting period:

i) Six of the seven assurances were being complied with in the EMR of first half 2018, the assurance No.5 was also complied in this EMR, the supplementary sediment monitoring was conducted in the second half 2018; and

ii) Dongjiang Lake Eco-compensation Fund (assurance No. 7). The Dongjiang Lake Ecological Compensation Plan was issued on 22 March 2018 by Zixing Municipal Leading Group Office for Ecological Compensation Mechanism of Dongjiang Lake Basin, which expected to take effect before the end of 2018. The proposed budget for the compensation in short term (2020-2030) is CNY 510 million while in Long term (2031-2050) is CNY 730 million. The proposed beneficiaries of compensation will be the fishermen of demolished fishery net-cages, unemployed workers by closure of mines (pollution sources) in the basin, and ecological losses by non-point pollution sources control, etc.

Table IX-1 Compliance with the loan and Project Assurances Page/ Status of Assurance Section Compliance Reference PROJECT AGREEMENT SCHEDULE – Execution of Project; Environmental Social Financial and Other Matters Environment 1. ZCG shall ensure that the preparation, design, construction, implementation, Para 3 Being complied operation and decommissioning of the Project and all Project facilities with. comply with (a) all applicable laws and regulations of the Borrower relating to environment, health and safety; (b) the Environmental Safeguards; and (c) all measures and requirements set forth in the EIA, the EMP and any corrective or preventative actions (i) set forth in a Safeguards Monitoring Report, or (ii) which are reasonably requested by ADB to ensure safeguards policy compliance. 2. ZCG shall ensure that Project construction and operation shall not result in Para 4 Being complied any changes to the availability or allocation of freshwater to downstream with. communities, which might negatively impact their water security or livelihood. 3. ZCG shall ensure that minimum ecological flows will be incorporated into the Para 5 Being complied official management of the site for the Chukou weir used for Chukou Water with. Supply Plant. 4. ZCG shall ensure that all Project activities requiring the use of plants, Para 6 Being complied including the Project embankments, constructed wetlands, landscaping, with. planting of green belts at wastewater treatment plants, and post-construction rehabilitation, will only use native plant species from Zixing City and its surrounding areas and which are locally sourced to strengthen the rehabilitation of natural habitats and avoid the introduction of non-native invasive weeds. If the use of fast-growing non-native species (e.g. grasses) is required for stabilizing bare construction surfaces, only sterilized seedlings (i.e. which cannot propagate) shall be used.

Page/ Status of Assurance Section Compliance Reference 5. For dredging planned in the project rivers the ZCG shall ensure that prior to Para 7 Complied with, any dredging to: (a) clarify technical justifications, including analysis of flood by the risks; (b) conduct a second round of sediment sampling to clarify the extent supplementary of heavy metals; and (c) take appropriate remedial measures to minimize sediment the impacts. sampling in the second half of 2018. 6. ZCG shall ensure that the village committees set up the villagers’ councils Para 8 Being complied to appoint several cleaners to be responsible for collecting garbage for each with. village, cleaning public areas and roads, wastes recycling and other works assigned. Such cleaners shall conduct secondary classification of the recyclable, non-recyclable and hazardous wastes in the process of collecting garbage ensuring recyclable wastes transporting to the recyclable company for sales while non-recyclable waste to the detachable type dustbins (collection points) or garbage tank, and hazardous waste are disposed according to provincial regulations by certified agencies. 7. ZCG shall develop a plan to establish a Dongjiang Lake Eco-compensation Para 9 Being complied Fund and define the scope and beneficiaries who protect the ecosystem and with. environment. ZCG shall further develop a management plan for the proposed Dongjiang Lake Eco• compensation Fund.

X. LESSONS LEARNED AND NEXT STEPS

65. EMP implementation is generally satisfactory. i) the contractors have assigned staff in charge of environment, health and safety management; ii) CSCs have been contracted with the environmental supervision responsibility; iii) Monthly internal monitoring reports are being prepared by contractors and CSCs, and submitted to the PMO and LIEC monthly; iv) environmental commitments are being carried out and environmental management system are in place; v) environment supervision is in place; and vi) external monitoring results show the local environment were not negatively impacted by the project implementation; and vii) the GRMs have been setup in PMO. So far, no complaints have been filed. Several issues for the next reporting period: i). Public consultation: The public consultation was planned during the reporting period, due to the design of water supply facilities had not been completed in the reporting period, the treatment process and construction methods had not been finally decided. The questionnaires for the public consultation had been designed by the LIEC and the PMO, the questionnaire survey will be conducted in March or April 2019 according to the plan; ii). Update the EMP: The EMP updating was discussed during the reporting period, the main issue/adjustment for the updating is the monitoring parameters, locations and frequency, etc. because the project implementation will mainly focus on the water supply facilities in 2019 and 2020, the external monitoring parameters and locations should be adjusted accordingly to reflect the water qualities of drinking water sources, both the baseline and the impacts/pollution from the construction activities.

XI. APPENDIX 1 - PPT OF THE EMP TRAINING （OCTOBER 2018）

XII. APPENDIX 2 – THE ORIGINAL EXTERNAL MONITORING REPORT i) The monitoring result of in-channel sediment

ii) The external monitoring result for the second half of 2018