E2048 V5 PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF & GANSU PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTS THE WORLD BANK Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized

WENCHUAN EARTHQUAKE RECOVERY PROJECT (WERP)

SICHUAN INFRASTRUCTURE SUB-PROJECTS (BATCH 2)

VOLUME 3 SUBPROJECT Public Disclosure Authorized

SUMMARY ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REPORT

APRIL 2010 Public Disclosure Authorized FINAL VERSION Summary Environmental Impact Assessment for Langzhong Subproject under Batch 2 of Wenchuan Earthquake Recovery Project (WERP)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1 INTRODUCTION ...... 1 1.1 GENERAL...... 1 1.1.1 Wenchuan Earthquake Recovery Program (WERP) ...... 1 1.1.2 Project Organization...... 2 1.1.3 Batch 2 Infrasturcture Sub-projects in Sichuan...... 3 1.2 PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF THIS REPORT ...... 5 1.3 LAYOUT OF THE SUMMARY EA ...... 5 2 BACKGROUND AND DESCRIPTION OF LANGZHONG SUBPROJECT...... 7 2.1 PROJECT BACKGROUND...... 7 2.2 COMPLIANCE WITH LOCAL PLANNING...... 7 2.3 PROJECT COMPOSITION ...... 7 3 ALTERNATIVE ANALYSIS...... 9 3.1.1 With and Without Langzhong Subproject ...... 9 3.1.2 Project Location...... 9 4 ENVIONRMENTAL BASELINE SITUATION ...... 12

4.1 PHYSICAL SETTINGS ...... 12 4.1.1 Geography ...... 12 4.1.2 Geology ...... 12 4.1.3 Climate ...... 12 4.1.4 Hydrology...... 13 4.1.5 Ecology...... 13 4.2 SOCIAL & ECONOMIC SETTING...... 14 5 IMPACT ASSESSMENT & MITIGATION MEASURES...... 15

5.1 ANTICIPATED BENEFITS FROM LANGZHONG SUBPROJECT...... 15 5.2 IMPACTS AND MITIGATION MEASURES RELATED TO PROJECT LOCATION...... 15 5.2.1 Land Acquisition & Resettlement ...... 15 5.2.2 Cultural Heritage...... 16 5.2.3 Ecological Resources ...... 16 5.3 IMPACTS AND MITIGATION MEASURES RELATED TO CONSTRUCTION PERIOD ...... 16 5.3.1 General Impacts ...... 16 5.3.2 Specific Impacts...... 18 5.4 IMPACTS AND MITIGATION MEASURES RELATED TO OPERATION PERIOD...... 22 5.4.1 Air Pollution...... 22 5.4.2 Noise Pollution...... 22 5.4.3 Potential Impacts on Local Navigation and Flood Control ...... 23 5.4.4 Clarification of Dam Safety Issues...... 23 6 RESETTLEMENT ACTION PLAN ...... 24 6.1 BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT ...... 24 6.2 IMPACT OF LAND ACQUISITION AND HOUSE DEMOLITION ...... 24 6.3 APPLICABLE POLICIES AND COMPENSATION STANDARD ...... 24 6.4 ESTIMATED COST FOR RESETTLEMENT ...... 24 6.4.1 Land compensation...... 25 6.4.2 Resettlement Plan for house demolition...... 25 6.4.3 Reemployment opportunities brought by No.3 Bridge project ...... 25 6.5 IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR RESETTLMENT ...... 26 6.6 RESETTLEMENT ORGANIZATION AND FUND GUARANTEE ...... 27 6.7 CONSULTATION, APPEALS, PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AND INFORMATION DISCLOSURE27 6.8 RESETTLEMENT MONITORING ...... 28 6.9 MATRIX TABLE OF RIGHTS ...... 28 7 PUBLIC CONSULTATION & INFORMATION DISCLOSURE ...... 30

DRA Consulting Team i April 2010 Summary Environmental Impact Assessment for Langzhong Subproject under Batch 2 of Wenchuan Earthquake Recovery Project (WERP) 7.1 PUBLIC CONSULTATION...... 30 7.2 INFORMATION DISCLOSURE ...... 31 8 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN ...... 33

8.1 ORGANIZATION...... 33 8.2 ENVIRONEMTNAL MONITORING PLAN ...... 34 8.2.1 Construction Period...... 34 8.2.2 Operation Period...... 35 8.3 CAPACITY BUILDING ...... 35 8.4 BUDGET ESTIMATE AND SOURCE OF FUNDING ...... 35 APPENDIX 1 BIBLIOGRAPHY ...... 1 APPENDIX 2 ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARD ...... 1

ENVIRONMENTAL AIR QUALITY STANDARDS ...... 1 ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY STANDARDS FOR SURFACE WATER...... 1 ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY STANDARDS FOR NOISE ...... 2 WASTEWATER ...... 3 AIR EMISSION...... 5 NOISE ...... 6 SOIL EROSION CONTROL ...... 6 APPENDIX 3 FIGURES AND DRAWINGS...... 1

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LIST OF TABLES

Table 1-1: List of Sub-project Cost...... 4 Table 2-1: Project Details of Proposed No.3 Jialing River Bridge Project in Langzhong City ...... 8 Table 3-1: Alternative Analysis of Project Location...... 10 Table 4-1: Climiate CHaracteristics of Proposed Project Area ...... 12 Table 4-2: Land Use of Proposed Project Area in 2009 ...... 13 Table 4-3: Information on Output Value in Langzhong CIty (100,000 RMB) ...... 13 Table 4-4: Main Parameters of Social & Economic Settings in Langzhong City and Hexi Town ... 14 Table 5-1: Information of Proposed Spoil Disposal Sites...... 20 Table 5-2: Projection of Noise Levels at 3 Sensitive Receptors for Operation Period ...... 22 Table 6-1: Resettlement Implementation Plan of No.3 Jialing River Bridge in Langzhong ...... 26 Table 6-2: Right table for resettlement of Langzhong No.3 Jialing River bridge project ...... 28 Table 8-1: Summary of Public Consultation for Langzhong Subproject ...... 30 Table 8-2: Summary of Information Disclosure for Langzhong Subproject ...... 31 Table 9-1: Monitoring Program during Construction...... 34 Table 9-2: Monitoring Program during Operation ...... 35 Table 9-3: Budget of Environmental Monitoring Plan ...... 36

LIST OF FIGURES

Figure 1-1: Institutional Organization of WERP ...... 2 Figure 1-2: Locations of Project Counties/Cities under Infrastructure Component (Batch 2) in Sichuan ...... 3 Figure 3-1: Proposed bridge locations for No.3 Jialing River Bridge ...... 10 Figure 5-1: Earthwork Balance of Langzhong Subproject (in loose measure) ...... 19 Figure 8-1: Information Disclosure on Langzhong City Newspaper ...... 32 Figure 9-1: Conceptual Organization for EMP Organization ...... 34

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ABBREVIATIONS, ACRONYMS AND UNITS CSE Construction Supervision Engineer CSEE Construction Supervision Environmental Engineer CSEMP Construction Site Environmental Management Plan DI Design Institute DRA Design Review and Advisory (services) EIA Environmental Impact Assessment EMC Environmental Management Coordinator EMP Environmental Management Plan EMS Environmental Monitoring Station EPB Environmental Protection Bureau ESU Environmental Supervision Unit IA Implementing Agency NCP Nuisance Control Plan PIU Projet Implementation Unit PMC Project Management Cost PMO Project Management Office PPE Personal Protective Equipment PRC The People’s Republic of China RAP Resettlement Action Plan SA Social Assessment SE Supervision Engineer SEPA State Environmental Protection Administration SEPB Sichuan Provincial Environmental Protection Bureau ToR Terms of Reference WB World Bank WERP Wenchuan Earthquake Recovery Project WS Water Supply WTP Water Treatment Plant WWTP Wastewater Treatment Plant MSW Municipal Solid Waste

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CURRENCIES & OTHER UNITS mu Area Unit (1mu0.0667 ha) RMB Chinese Yuan (Renminbi) USD United States Dollar Conversion rate: 1 USD6.8 RMB

CHEMICAL ABBREVIATIONS

BOD5 Biochemical Oxygen Demand (5 days) COD Chemical Oxygen Demand CODMn Permanganate Index

NH3-N Ammonia Nitrogen SS Suspended Solids TP Total Phosphorus TSS Total Suspended Solids TSP Total Suspended Particulates

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Introduction

GENERAL

Wenchuan Earthquake Recovery Program (WERP)

On May 12, 2008 at 2:28pm, an earthquake of magnitude 8.0 Richter and 11.0 degrees in seismic intensity struck the southwestern part of China, centered in in Sichuan province. As a result of this earthquake and its more than 20,000 significant aftershocks, more than 69,000 people have died, 374,000 have been injured, and 18,000 remain missing. Losses include: 34,000 km of highway destroyed; 1,263 reservoirs damaged; 7,444 schools and 11,028 hospitals and clinics collapsed, and 5.5 million rural houses and 860,000 urban houses destroyed or significantly damaged. Direct losses are estimated at RMB 844 billion (USD 123 billion). Approximately 34 million people live in the affected area, with almost 20 million in the severely affected area.

In response to the earthquake, the World Bank has lend USD 710 million of IBRD financing to the most highly affected provinces of Sichuan and Gansu for post-earthquake reconstruction, that is, the Wenchuan Earthquake Reconstruction Program (WERP).

The expected outcomes of the project are to restore and enhance access to essential public infrastructure and services (e.g., water supply, wastewater and drainage, solid waste, roads) and core health services in affected counties in Sichuan and Gansu prioritizing, where possible, the needs of the poor and/or newly vulnerable arising from the earthquake. In addition, the expected outcomes include the rehabilitation of education facilities and restoration of access to public education in project counties in Gansu. In both provinces, sub-projects will be designed to reduce the vulnerability of the services to seismic and flood hazards.

The proposed WERP is designed to comprise two parts: z Part 1- Sichuan Recovery Program (Bank loan US$510million)

- Infrastructure (Bank loan USD 432.4 million). This component will finance civil works and goods required for the reconstruction and appropriate expansion of infrastructure, in approximately 16 counties in the five municipalities of , , , and Ya’an. In view of the project preparation progress, the component is organised to be implemented in two batches: Batch 1 and Batch 2.

- Health (Bank loan USD 57.6 mil lion) component will finance civil works and goods required for the reconstruction and appropriate expansion of health services, in about 19 counties in the seven municipalities of Mianyang, Guangyuan, Bazhong, Nanchong, Ya’an, and .

- Project support (Bank loan USD 20.0million) will finance training, capacity building and engineering costs of sub-projects. z Part 2 - Gansu Recovery Program (Bank loan US$200.0million)

This will finance infrastructure, health and education sub-projects in 7 counties in Longnan Municipality with a focus on Cheng, Hui, and Xihe Counties.

- Infrastructure (Bank loan USD 130.3 million). This component will finance civil works and goods required for the reconstruction and appropriate expansion of infrastructure.

- Health (Bank loan USD 32.3 million) will finance civil works and goods required for the reconstruction and appropriate expansion of health services.

DRA Consulting Team 1 April 2010 Summary Environmental Impact Assessment for Langzhong Subproject under Batch 2 of Wenchuan Earthquake Recovery Project (WERP) - Education (Bank loan USD 33.4 million) will finance facilities and equipment for the reconstruction and appropriate expansion of primary, secondary, and vocational/technical schools.

- Project support (Bank loan USD 4.0 million) will finance training, capacity Building and engineering costs of sub-projects.

Project Organization

Due to the project urgency, a strong project leading and technical support system is required at all the national, provincial/municipal and county levels to guarantee the quality of project implementation.

At the national level, the National Development and Reform Comission is responsible for the approval of Investment Application Report, and the Ministry of Finance is responsible for the signing of Loan Agreement, the supervison of loan use and the loan repayment.

For the overall project coordination of all the involved Project Implementation Units (PIUs) at the project level, there are totally three project management offices organized under the leadership of the provincial DRC, the provincial financial bureau and the provincial department of construction in the two project provinces (Sichuan and Gansu), respectively:

- The Urban Construction Project Management Office (UCPPMO) and the Health Project Management Office (HPPMO) for Sichuan Components; and

- The Longnan Municipal Project Management Office (LMPMO) for Gansu components.

The general institutional organization of the project implementation can be summarised in the following chart.

FIGURE 0-1: INSTITUTIONAL ORGANIZATION OF WERP

Government of World Bank P.R.C.

Sichuan Provincial Government Gansu Provincial Government

Longnan Municipal Government

Sichuan Urban Construction Sichuan Health PPMO Longnan Municipal PMO PPMO

7 7 19 7 7 5 16 1.30 5760 3230 3340 4.324 Infrastructure Health Projects from 19 Health Projects from Education Projects Infrastructure Projects from 16 Projects from 7 counties /districts of 7 7 counties of from 7 counties of counties/districts of 5 counties of Longnan municipalities Longnan municipality Longnan municipality municipalities (432 .4million) municipality (57.6million) (32.3million) (33.4million) (130.3million)

DRA Consulting Team 2 April 2010 Summary Environmental Impact Assessment for Langzhong Subproject under Batch 2 of Wenchuan Earthquake Recovery Project (WERP) At local level, the Project Implementation Units (PIUs) are specifically responsible for development, implementation, operation and management of the subprojects. For the Batch 2 urban infrastructure sub-projects in Sichuan Province under WERP, the project implementation units are all the planning and consruction bureaus at the local level.

Batch 2 Infrasturcture Sub-projects in Sichuan

The screening and identification of Batch 2 infrastructure sub-projects under Sichuan Recovery Program was started since June 2009 by the the Sichuan urban construction PPMO, and the proposed sub-projects have been confirmed by the World Bank with Sichuan Finance Bureau and Sichuan DRC on August 2009.

FIGURE 0-2: LOCATIONS OF PROJECT COUNTIES/CITIES UNDER INFRASTRUCTURE COMPONENT (BATCH 2) IN SICHUAN

Legend NO. PROJECT COUNTY/DISTRICT 1 FUCHENG DIS., MIANYANG YOUXIAN DIS., MIANYANG 2 (ALSO FOR SONGYA TOWN) 3 , MIANYANG 4 , MIANYANG 5 6 , MIANYANG 7 CHAOTIAN DIS., GUANGYUAN 8 , GUANGYUAN 9 , GUANGYUAN 10 YUANBA DIS., GUANGYUAN 11 LANGZHONG CITY, NANCHONG 12 , BAZHONG 13 , YA’AN 14 , YA’AN 15 LUSHAN COUNTY, YA’AN

DRA Consulting Team 3 April 2010 Summary Environmental Impact Assessment for Langzhong Subproject under Batch 2 of Wenchuan Earthquake Recovery Project (WERP) All the sub-projects are detailed in the table below. The total estimated cost of the second batch infrastructure subprojects is 2.22billion RMB, of which potentially USD 259.97million could be financed by the World Bank.

TABLE 0-1: LIST OF SUB-PROJECT COST

SUB-PROJECT COST WB LOAN PROJECT NO. SUB-PROJECT TYPE COUNTY/DISTRICT (MIL. RMB) (MIL. USD)

MIANYANG MUNICIPALITY 1054.95 109.90

SC2-MY-FC FUCHENG DIS. WTP, WWTP, ROADS, & DRAINAGE NETWORK 286.49 30.15

SC2-MY-YX YOUXIAN DIS. ROADS, DRAINAGE NETWORK AND WWTP 212.78 21.29

SONGYA TOWN, SC2-MY-SY EMBANKMENT 114.94 9.00 YOUXIAN DIS.

SC2-MY-ST SANTAI COUNTY ROADS, DRAINAGE NETWORK AND WTP 232.98 23.12

YANTING SC2-MY-YT ROADS, DRAINAGE NETWORK AND EMBANKMENT 108.37 10.18 COUNTY

SC2-MY-ZT ZITONG COUNTY ROADS, DRAINAGE NETWORK, WTP AND BRIDGE 214.33 25.18

GUANGYUAN MUNICIPALITY 644.92 81.60

ROADS, DRAINAGE NETWORK, WWTP, BRIDGE, SC2-GY-CT CHAOTIAN DIS. BUS STATION PLATFORM AND BUS CONTROL 99.97 14.44 CENTRE WANGCANG BRIDGES, ROADS, DRAINAGE NETWORK, AND SC2-GY-WC 207.93 25.92 COUNTY EMBANKMENT CANGXI SC2-GY-CX BRIDGE REHABILITATION AND CONSTRUCTION 139.47 13.74 COUNTY

SC2-GY-LZ LIZHOU DIS. EMBANKMENT 61.65 8.25

LANDFILL SITE, WWTP, WTP, WATER SUPPLY SC2-GY-YB YUANBA DIS. 135.91 19.25 NETWORK, ROADS AND DRAINAGE NETWORK

NANCHONG MUNICIPALITY 217.68 26.47

SC2-NC-LZ LANGZHONG CITY BRIDGE 217.68 26.47

BAZHONG MUNICIPALITY 57.94 6.94

SC2-BZ-NJ NANJIANG COUNTY BRIDGES AND EMBANKMENT 57.94 6.94

YA’AN MUNICIPALITY 246.29 35.29

SC2-YA-BX BAOXING COUNTY ROADS, WS & DRAINAGE NETWORK, BRIDGE 69.91 9.81

SC2-YA-SM SHIMIAN COUNTY WTP, BRIDGE, ROADS AND DRAINAGE NETWORK 113.55 16.55

BRIDGE, WS FACILITIES, ROAD & DRAINAGE SC2-YA-LS LUSHAN COUNTY 62.83 8.93 NETWORK

TOTAL 2221.78 260.20 Note: In this report, we will refer to WERP as “the Project” and to the local sub-projects organized by city/county as the “sub-project”. We will refer to the sectoral components of each sub-project as “components” (i.e. Roads and Bridges, Water Supply, Drainage Network, Solid Waste Management, and River Rehabilitation).

DRA Consulting Team 4 April 2010 Summary Environmental Impact Assessment for Langzhong Subproject under Batch 2 of Wenchuan Earthquake Recovery Project (WERP) PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF THIS REPORT

In accordance with PRC National Regulations and the World Bank Operational Policy 4.01 related to Environmental Assessment, three of the subprojects under Batch 2, WERP, including Cangxi, Yuanba and Langzhong, fall under the Category A projects. Therefore, for the Batch 2 projects, the following EIA documentations are required to meet the World Bank requirements. z Volume 1: Environmental and Social Impact Assessment Summary for Cangxi Subproject z Volume 2: Environmental and Social Impact Assessment Summary for Yuanba Subproject z Volume 3: Environmental and Social Impact Assessment Summary for Langzhong Subproject z EIAs & EMPs for individual subprojects/components (in Chinese only)

In order to comply with PRC Regulation “Strengthening Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Management for the Construction Project Loaned by International Finance Organisation” of June 21, 1993 and with World Bank Safeguards Operational Policy, the local PIUs have commissioned the local EIA consultants to prepare the Chinese EIAs for individual subprojects/components.

The DRA consulting team funded by the French Grant, which consists of Bureau Veritas, Sogreah and AREP, is responsible for preparing the above Volum 1-3 (only in English) based on the individual EIAs and collected project-related information.

Of the ten World Bank safeguard policies, Environmental Assessment (OP/BP/GP4.01) and Involuntary Resettlement (OP4.12) are applied in the EA of Batch 2, WERP, and further information is required to identify the applicability of Dam Safety (OP 4.37).

LAYOUT OF THE SUMMARY EA

The Summary EA is designed to cover the following topics:

Chapter 2 Background and Description of Langzhong Subproject Provide an overview of the project context and then describe in details the Langzhong subproject.

Chapter 3 Alternative Analysis Provide the detailed information on the alternative analysis carried out during the project preparation, including the “Zero-Project” analysis.

Chapter 4 Envionrmental Baseline Situation Provide a general summary of the environmental baseline conditions within Langzhong Municipality.

Chapter 5 Impact Assessment & Mitigation Measures Present in a summarized format the different impacts associated with the project together with a series of mitigation measures.

Chapter 6 Resettlement Action Plan Present in a summarized format the resettlement action plan related to the proposed Langzhong subproject.

DRA Consulting Team 5 April 2010 Summary Environmental Impact Assessment for Langzhong Subproject under Batch 2 of Wenchuan Earthquake Recovery Project (WERP) Chapter 7 Public Consultation & Disclosure Summarize the results of the two public consultations and the different measures related to information disclosure.

Chapter 8 Environmental Management Plan Summarize the major elements of the EMP for Langzhou subproject.

The report is accompanied by a series of Annexes covering the following topics:

APPENDIX 1 Bibliography

APPENDIX 2 Environmental Standards

APPENDIX 3 Figures and Drawings

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Background and Description of Langzhong Subproject

PROJECT BACKGROUND

Hexi Ferry in Langzhong City is one of key passages between Langzhong City and other regions, such as , Nanjiang County and Bazhong Municipality and also the only passage between the urban area of Langzhong City and the towns/townships of Hexi, Miaogao and Jinya. As the largest ferry for vehicle and passagers in Sichuan Province across Jialing River, it currently serves 15 nearby towns/townships in relation to a population over 350,000.

However, in the Wenchuan Earthquake on May 12th 2008, the ferry was severly damaged with the collapse of the docks on both sides of the river, the collapse of totally 600m2 office buildings, the breakdown of 3 ferryboats and the severe damage of power supply facilities and remote control equipments. Although the operation of the ferry has been resumed with urgent repair after the earthquake, its transport capacity and safety has been insufficient to meet local traffic needs.

Under the circumstances, the No.3 Jialing River Bridge has been proposed in Langzhong City as a substitutive solution to the existing Hexi ferry. As the third bridge across Jialing River, the proposed No.3 Jialing River Bridge will connect the planned Qili New Area and Hexi Town, alleviate the great traffic pressure of Jialing River No.1 Bridge and Jialing No.2 Bridge (Maxiaoxi Bridge), and provide a radical solution to the traffic problems and hidden safety problems of Hexi ferry.

COMPLIANCE WITH LOCAL PLANNING

The proposed No.3 Jialing River Bridge Project is a key project in both “Langzhong City Urban Development Master Plan (2001-2020)” and “Langzhong City Hexi Town Master Plan (2006-2020)”. In addition, it is also listed in the local “Wenchuan Earthquake Recovery Plan”.

PROJECT COMPOSITION

The proposed No.3 Jialing River Bridge Project is situated at the border of Qili New Area and Hexi Town in the southeast of Langzhong City, approximately 2.8km downstream of Jinyintai Hydropower station.

In the direction from the west to southeast (as shown in the project maps attached in Appendix 3), the proposed Langzhong subproject starts from the end point of phase IV Yingbing road to Langyi road with a total length of 4838m, comprising one grand bridge (L1227m, W25m), one medium bridge (L60m), seven culverts and the approach road (L3430m, W8.5m). In order to connect with the planning Jichang Road, the width of proposed approach from the end point of No.3 Jialing River Bridge to the intersection of Jichang Road (about 200m long in total) is designed as 25m. The total investiment is estimated to be 217.68million RMB, in which 26.47million USD (about 82.7%) will be financed by the World Bank loan. The rest part will be raised by Langzhong City Government.

The contents of proposed bridge project of Langzhong City are detailed in the table below.

DRA CONSULTING TEAM 7 DECEMBER 2009 Summary Environmental Impact Assessment for Langzhong Subproject under Batch 2 of Wenchuan Earthquake Recovery Project (WERP) TABLE 0-1: PROJECT DETAILS OF PROPOSED NO.3 JIALING RIVER BRIDGE PROJECT IN LANGZHONG CITY

Qili District and Hexi Town of Jialing River (tributary of Project Location Langzhong City in Sichuan Involved River Basin River) Basin Province

Grade of Road II Type of project New construction Total Length 4.838km Design vehicle speed 40km/h Width of road bed 25.0/8.5m Width of lanes 4×3.75/2×3.5m Type of road structure Asphalt concrete Design load Highway, Grade I Design flood control Design flood control standard for culverts 1/50 years standard for grand 1/100 and roadbed bridge Unit construction cost Total Project Cost 217.68 million RMB (million RMB / km 44.99 bridge construction) Construction Period 2.5 years (Jun. 2010 – Dec. 2012)

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Alternative Analysis

During the project development, various alternatives have been proposed, screened and compared with technical, economic as well as environmental criteria, especially those related to the project location. Additionally, in response to the WB requirements, there will be a special section analyzing potential impacts if without the subproject.

With and Without Langzhong Subproject

Compared to the "With" project scenario, "Without" the Langzhong sub-projects the result would be:

z Without the bridge construction, the local traffic infrastructure across Jialing River, especially Hexi Ferry, will remain to face high traffic pressure and hidden safety problems in view of the local traffic needs and the earthquake impacts.

z Without the bridge construction, the local residents on both sides of Jialing River will have to rely on the Hexi Ferry for daily traffic across the river, and the traffic safety could not be guaranteed due to the earthquake impacts.

z Without the bridge construction, the economic development of the concerned areas, especially Qili New Area, Hexi Town and nearby cities/towns will be constrained due to the poor traffic conditions.

Project Location

Since the originally proposed location near the former Hexi Ferry cannot meet the national requirements for river navigation and flood control, the other bridge locations have been proposed for alternative analysis (as shown in the figure below).

DRA CONSULTING TEAM 9 DECEMBER 2009 Summary Environmental Impact Assessment for Langzhong Subproject under Batch 2 of Wenchuan Earthquake Recovery Project (WERP) FIGURE 0-1: PROPOSED BRIDGE LOCATIONS FOR NO.3 JIALING RIVER BRIDGE

Location

Location

The technical and environmental comparison between the two proposed locations has been detailed in the following table.

TABLE 0-1: ALTERNATIVE ANALYSIS OF PROJECT LOCATION Location 1 Location 2 Better Item Unit (Downstream) (Upstream) Location Technical Analysis Total length of project route km 4.84 8.00 Location 1 Length of bridge across Jialing m 1226.5 698.5 Location 2 River Land acquisition mu 165.51 478.82 Location 1 Buildings to be demolished m2 2800 10200 Location 1 Demolishment of electricity and km 8.50 10.48 Location 1 communication facilities Earthworks for backfilling m3 33678 448910 Location 1 Stoneworks to be excavated m3 15458 23844 Location 1 Earthworks to be excavated m3 124120 249474 Location 1

Roadbed drainage and protection m3 6569 19848 Location 1

Pavement works m3 32323.6 140917 Location 2 Grade corssing Number 10 20 Location 1 Medium bridge m/number 60/1 325/5 Location 1 Culvert m/number 70/7 500/16 Location 1 Million Estimated cost 217.68 296.55 Location 1 RMB Environmental Analysis

Compliance with urban planning yes/no yes yes Both OK

DRA CONSULTING TEAM 10 DECEMBER 2009 Summary Environmental Impact Assessment for Langzhong Subproject under Batch 2 of Wenchuan Earthquake Recovery Project (WERP) Location 1 Location 2 Better Item Unit (Downstream) (Upstream) Location Impacts on local navigation Favorable Adverse Location 1

Loss of vegetation small large Location 1 Impacted water source protection no no Both OK zone

Number of sensitive receptors 3 8 Location 1

As presented above, when compared with Location 1, Location 2 will require more land acquisition, cause more earthwork excavation, and result in more ecological impacts with the involvement of more environmentally sensitive receptors in terms of air pollution and noise pollution. Hence, Location 1 is recommended as the location for the proposed No.3 Jialing River Bridge.

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Envionrmental Baseline Situation

PHYSICAL SETTINGS

Geography

As one of most famous historical and cultural cities, Langzhong City where the proposed project site is located is situated in the north of in the Nanchong Municipality, between east 105e41 and 106e25 in longtitude and north 30e22’ and 31e51’ in latitude. The Langzhong City with an area of 1878km2 borders Yilong and Bazhong Counties in the east and in the west, in the south and Cangxi County in the north, dominating 46 towns and townships. The current population of Langzhong City is 0.681 million persons, 0.681 million persons of which are engaged in agriculture, accounting for 77.63% of total population.

Geology

Langzhong Ciy borders Jianmen Mount in the northwest and Daba Mount in the northeast.The local terrain inclines from north to south. Flowing into central area of Langzhong City, Jialing River System consists of Donghe, Xihe, Gouxi and Baixi Rivers and over 160 creeks, which forms a water system in arborization.

The proposed No.3 Jialing River Bridge is located in the 800m downstream of Hexi Section of Jialing River, with shoals and Class I and II terraces. The project site on the left side of Jialing River is a mountainous region, which is approximately 70m higher than the river level.

Climate

The proposed project site is located in the Tertiary Fault-Depressed Basin in the middle of Sichuan Province. The terrain is plain and flat. No regional chasm is found in the proposed bridge site, which is affected by semi-annularity of Zhongtai Mount.

TABLE 0-1: CLIMIATE CHARACTERISTICS OF PROPOSED PROJECT AREA

Maximum () 39 Temperature Minimum () -4.6 Average annual () 17 Average annual (mm) 1033.9 Precipitation Daily maximum (mm) 236 Average annual wind speed (m/s ) 1.1 Wind Maximum wind speed (m/s) 16 Prevailing wind direction north Relative humidity (%) 75 Frost-free period (day) 290

DRA CONSULTING TEAM 12 DECEMBER 2009 Summary Environmental Impact Assessment for Langzhong Subproject under Batch 2 of Wenchuan Earthquake Recovery Project (WERP) Hydrology

Langzhong City has well developed water system, which consists of many rivers and creeks such as Jialing River, Donghe River, Gouxi River, Xihe River, Baixihao Rivers and other 169 creeks. Among others, the main surface water involved in this subproject is Jialing River. With great interseasonal variation, the average annual flow rate of Jialing River is approximately 650m3/s. The flow capacity of Jialing River reaches 24.9 billion m3 with the underground resevation capacity of 58.33million m3/y and the theoretical energe reservation of 0.23GWh. Ten small- and medium- scale hydropower stations with annual power generation of 53.77million KWh have been built up along the tributaries of Jialing River.

The main types of groundwater included in the project are groundwater from loose deposits, leachate from weathered bedrocks and pressed grounds from interfaces.

Ecology

VEGETATION

Main vegetation in the proposed project area is mainly for agriculture use. Besides, four basic types of vegetation are broad-leaded forest, conifer, mountainous shrub and grass. No specially protected plants have been found in the proposed project area.

As living territory for human beings, the proposed project area involves few types of wild animals. Main types of terrestrial animals are reptile, amphibian, fowl and beasts. No specially protected animals have been found in the proposed project area

According to Langzhong City Statictics of 2009 and Land Use Planning, the status of land use of proposed project area is shown in the table below.

TABLE 0-2: LAND USE OF PROPOSED PROJECT AREA IN 2009 Total Cultivat Garden Forest Grassla Location Area ed Field Plot Water Others (m2) nd (m2) (m2) (m2) (m2) 281700 Langzhon 529410 168936 524100 422339 563118 609097 g City 0 Hexi Town 37380 16985 1114 11138 5569 371 2203

The data in the above table above indicated that main land resources in the proposed project area are cultivated land and forest.

Main industries involved in the proposed project area are agriculture and stockbreeding as detailed in the table below.

TABLE 0-3: INFORMATION ON OUTPUT VALUE IN LANGZHONG CITY (100,000 RMB)

GDP Agriculture Foresty Stockbreeding Fisheries 712214 81704 9664 115479 8225

According to Langzhong City Year Book, main crops in Langzhong City include grain, cash crops, vegetables and fruits. The local grain includes paddy, wheat, mais, soya bean, potato and sweet potato. The local cash crops include green tea, cotton, peanut, sesame and rape.

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None of national and provincial natural protection zones, specially valuable wetland, shoal ecological system will be involved in this subproject. There are no rare and protected wild life beings in the proposed project area in Langzhong City.

There are 38 kinds of 9 families of 5 orders fishes in Jialing River System in proposed project area. Among them, Cyprinidae of 62%

With regard to local rivercourses and hydrology, data collection and initial site investigations on whether there are economic fishery spawning areas in the rivers involved in proposed grand bridge construction, have been performed combined with some references, e.g. Investigations and Protection Measures on Key Fishery Spawning and Baiting Areas on Jialing River issued by He Xuefu and Deng Qixiang in 1979 on Acedemic Newspaper of Southwest Normal Academy. Meanwhile, Dam of Jinyintai Hydropower Station is located in the upstream of proposed Jialing River Bridge, where there are none of fishery spawning and baiting areas.

SOCIAL & ECONOMIC SETTING

According to statistics, in 2008 GDP in Langzhong City reached 7.1 billion RMB with an annual increase of 13.8% The contributions of Primary, Secordary and Tertiary industries to the GDP are 23.5%, 49.1% and 27.4%, respectively.

TABLE 0-4: MAIN PARAMETERS OF SOCIAL & ECONOMIC SETTINGS IN LANGZHONG CITY AND HEXI TOWN

GDP (100,000 RMB) GDP per Annual generation Generation per Location capita Primary Secondary Tertiary of grain (ton) Mu (kg) Subtotal (RMB) industry industry industry Langzhong 712214 217244 285854 209116 10124 391349 388 City Hexi Town 12351 2273 3399 6679 4882 12075 411

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Impact Assessment & Mitigation Measures

ANTICIPATED BENEFITS FROM LANGZHONG SUBPROJECT

Generally speaking, implemetation of Langzhong Subproject to be financed by World Bank will of great benefits to the local socia-economy and environment.

In view of local social-economy, the following benefits are expected from the project implementation:

z Improve public traffic, i.e. proposed road functions, so as to reduce the costs for road transport;

z Save travel and transport time due to the increase of driving speed;

z Improve living conditions of local residents;

z Improve socioeconomic and natural environment;

z Create more job opportunities; and

z Promote the local urbanization.

With regard to environmental protection, the following environmental benefits have been expected to achieve:

z Landscaping of proposed roads;

z Water and soil conservation with the road construction;

z Vegetation recovery or compensation;

z Uncultivated land use transformation; and

IMPACTS AND MITIGATION MEASURES RELATED TO PROJECT LOCATION

Land Acquisition & Resettlement

The permanent land acquisition involved this subproject is 110,229m2 with the house demolition of 2800m2, 19 affected households and 79 inhabitants to be resettled. Accordingly, appropriate measures have been proposed in the subproject resettlement action plan, whose implementation by the local government will lessen negative impacts on the local residents.

The length of proposed No.3 Jialing River Bridge is 4.838km. The permanent land acquisition for project construction is proposed to be 165.51 Mu, including cultivated field of 100.51 Mu, vegetable field of 19 Mu, forest of 14 Mu, house bases of 15 Mu and garden of 17 Mu. The temporary land acquisition to be involved is proposed to be 122.4 Mu, including paddy field of 7.65, dry land of 87.6 Mu, forest of 25.35 Mu and grassland of 1.8 Mu.

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According to the investigation carried out by local authorities during the preparation of the individual EIA, no physical and cultural heritage resource is recorded or observed around the involved project sites. For any potentially buried and unknown cultural resource which may be discovered during construction, appropriate protective measures will be immediately taken, as specified in Section 5.3.2.2.

Ecological Resources

The project is implemented either in agricultural land. The project implementation does not involve:

z Forest clearing;

z Destruction of area known for sheltering protected or threatened biodiversity;

z Encroachment into a protected area as a nature reserve; or

z Creation of facilitated access to sensitive areas with further risks of illegal or uncontrolled encroachment.

The project will have no significant detrimental impacts on valuable ecological resources1.

IMPACTS AND MITIGATION MEASURES RELATED TO CONSTRUCTION PERIOD

General Impacts

Construction activities are expected to generate the following adverse impacts:

z Air borne dust due to excavation, demolition, construction vehicle movement and materials handling, particularly downwind from the construction sites.

z Noise from construction equipment and vehicular movement, potentially affecting nearby rural residents.

z Waste discharge from construction camps. The discharge of wastewater from construction camps could create potential new pollution sources, and could also be sources of sludge, solid waste and waste oil from machinery maintenance.

z Removal of trees. The road and bridge construction may impose the cutting of few trees, most of them being planted street trees.

z Soil erosion. Piles of earth will be created from time to time during construction. In case of rain, erosion would occur on the earth piles and other disturbed land such as river slopes causing loss of soil.

2 z Land impact. About 19.19hm land will be occupied by construction activities either permanently or temporarily.

z Damage to roads: Heavily laden trucks may impact on road conditions and cause road surface damage, especially during periods of rainfall and high ground moisture content.

1 It is not necessary to apply World Bank Operational Policy 4.04, on Natural Habitats

DRA CONSULTING TEAM 16 DECEMBER 2009 Summary Environmental Impact Assessment for Langzhong Subproject under Batch 2 of Wenchuan Earthquake Recovery Project (WERP) z Infectious diseases. During the project construction period, floating population will work in construction sites throughout the city. The mobility of outside people might bring external epidemic diseases to local communities.

Based on the results of the impact assessments and the goals of minimizing adverse impacts in accordance with application standards, regulations and WB safeguard policies, the following mitigation measures have been identified to be taken during the construction phase:

z Construction sites, transportation routes and materials handling sites will be water sprayed on dry and windy days up to 2-3 times a day, especially if these sites are near sensitive receptors, such as residential and school areas. Using central concrete mixing plants where possible, and transport with sealed vehicles.

z Construction activities will be scheduled carefully with consultation with nearby residents to minimize the impact of noise from construction machinery. Night- time (22:00 to 06:00) and noon-time (12:00 to 14:00) uses of certain noisy machines, such as pile-drivers and concrete vibrators, will be prohibited in the vicinity of residential areas. Temporary noise barrier should be set up at construction site near schools and residential areas. Personal protection equipments or PPE (e.g., noise protection earplugs) shall be supplied to workers for protection from the intensive noise.

z In conjunction with the relevant authority, traffic flow regulation plans will be prepared in advance of construction in the congested urban built up areas.

z Sewage and other wastewater from construction camps will be collected and treated at septic tanks before discharge to avoid contamination of the surrounding areas. Where possible the wastewater will be discharged directly to the municipal sewer.

z Temporary land occupation will be planned well ahead to minimize the effect of the disturbance and land will be reinstated to its original condition on completion of construction. Top soil will be removed and stock-piled for use during land restoration, particularly on the landfill sites.

z Construction materials will be stored in appropriate places and covered or sprayed to minimize dust.

z Construction waste will be promptly removed from the sites and transported to the appropriate disposal areas approved by the local PIU. Burning of construction waste will be prohibited.

z Materials will be covered during transportation to avoid spillage or leakage.

z Strict measures to keep control of erosion and runoff on the construction sites and the spoil sites will be imposed on contractors through detailed specifications, included in the Soil Erosion Control Plan. Monitoring of runoff water will also be conducted to ensure that the measures are effective and that receiving water quality is not affected.

z Construction will be immediately suspended if any archaeological or other cultural properties are found (chance finds). The relevant cultural authority, as well as PMO, will be notified promptly, and only after a thorough investigation (by the relevant authorities) will construction be allowed to resume.

z During the raining season, limitation of load access will be imposed on the contractor to reduce damage to the roads. Also, the contractor will be required

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z Contractors will be required to take necessary safety measures at the construction sites to protect the public, including warning signs to alert the public of potential safety hazards at and around the construction sites. Workers should be examined regularly and the infected people should be given immediate medial attention or quarantined.

z All contractors and construction supervisors will be required to participate in mandatory environmental and health and safety training programs prior to the start of construction.

The above mitigation measures where appropriate, will be included in the tendering documents and subsequently in the construction contracts as binding contractual requirements.

Specific Impacts

PUBLIC TRAFFIC

During project implementation, especially construction period, negative impacts on daily life of residents living along the roads are inevitable. The movement of construction vehicles will occupy the existing roads which will pose negative impacts on public traffic on residents living on both sides of roads. Correspondingly, construction management needs to be enhanced during construction in order to avoid traffic jam as much as possible. Specific mitigation measures have been identified during EA process and will be implemented by the construction contractors under the supervision of project owner and supervision companies in charge. Besides, the construction activities are temporary in the short run which will pose no negative impacts after construction completion. Hence, detrimental impacts during project implementation are limited and acceptable.

CULTURAL HERITAGE

For any buried and unknown cultural resources that may be discovered during construction activities, corresponding mitigation measures proposed to eliminate such potential impacts are similar for all the components. Adequate training should be provided to the staff/workers on the knowledge of heritage protection. Construction will be immediately suspended if any archaeological or other cultural properties are found (chance finds). The relevant cultural authority, as well as PMO, will be notified promptly, and only after a thorough investigation (by the relevant authorities) will construction be allowed to resume.

SPOIL DISPOSAL

Certain volumes of spoil are expected from the project construction activities, which may require off-site disposal. The overall earthwork balance for this subproject is detailed in the table below:

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FIGURE 0-1: EARTHWORK BALANCE OF LANGZHONG SUBPROJECT (IN LOOSE MEASURE) Comprehens To be Utilized in this Excavation Transfer between Sections Required Fills ive Spoil 4 3 section 4 3 4 3 4 3 Section (×10 m ) 4 3 (×10 m ) (×10 m ) Utilization (×10 m ) Spoil Length (×10 m ) 4 3 No. (indicated by (×10 m ) Disposa Remarks (m) Stake No.) In Out l Earth Stonew Earthw Stone Earth Stone Earthw Stonew Total Total Total Surface Soil Total work ork ork work Earth Stone Earthw Stone work work ork ork work work ork work From No.3 Jialing River K0+000 K0 1 795 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.00 / / / Bridge and +795 Qili New Area 1# K0+795 K2 0.90 From Hexi 2 1205 10.65 9.58 1.07 1.77 1.60 0.17 1.77 1.60 0.17 0.07 7.91 7.91 / Dump +000 (3) Town Site 1# K2+000 K3 0.90 3 1000 2.46 2.28 0.18 0.58 0.40 0.18 1.48 0.40 1.08 1.19 0.69 0.69 / Dump +000 (2) Site 2# K3+000 K4 4 1000 0.79 0.71 0.08 0.43 0.35 0.08 0.43 0.35 0.08 0.12 0.24 0.24 / Dump +000 Site From 2# K4+000 K4 Yanjiawan 5 838 2.30 2.08 0.22 0.12 0.11 0.01 0.12 0.11 0.01 0.61 1.57 1.36 0.21 Dump +838 Medium Site Bridge Natural 4838 16.22 14.67 1.55 2.90 2.46 0.44 0.90 0.90 3.80 2.46 1.34 2.01 10.41 10.20 0.21 Tot Status al In Loose 21.88 19.51 2.37 3.95 3.27 0.67 5.32 3.27 2.05 13.89 13.57 0.32 Measure

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According to the above table, the spoil to be generated during construction is 104,100 m3, which is proposed to be disposed in two proposed spoil disposal sites with permanent land acquisition of 2.93hm2. The details of the two spoil disposal sites is presented in the following table.

TABLE 0-1: INFORMATION OF PROPOSED SPOIL DISPOSAL SITES

No. 1# Spoil Disposal Site 2# Spoil Disposal Site Total

Distance from 95m on the left of the road 180m on the right of the road / the road

Average heigh of spoil dumps 6.40 2.80 / (m)

Disposed Spoil 3 11.44 2.45 13.89 (10,000 m )

Capacity 3 13.42 3.05 16.47 (million m )

Total Land Acquistion 1.99 0.94 2.93 (hm2) Farmland (hm2) 1.37 0.75 2.12

Forest (hm2) 0.62 0.10 0.72

Grassland 2 / 0.09 0.09 (hm )

Type of spoil Slope Type Slope Type / disposal site It is located in Hexi Town. The foreside It is located in Hexi Town. None of of proposed site is broad farmland with muf-rock flow, collapse and landslide a small river passing through and the is found around the site, where No backside is hill with cypress. None of human being lives.The left part of Relationship muf-rock flow, collapse and landslide proposed site is a steep pit and the with Local is found around the site, where No right part is an existing path for Environment human being lives. In the vicinity of the / cultivation which connects with Langyi proposed site there is a path for Road. Hence, neither construction nor cultivation with a width of 4m. After reconstruction of construction reconstruction, the path can be used passages is required. for construction transport.

Mainly used for storage of earthworks Mainly used for storage of earthworks to be generated from proposed roads and stoneworks to be generated from Remarks K0+795-K3+000 proposed roads K3+000-K4+838 /

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None of natural protection zones, scenic spots, basic farming protection zones and areas of collapse and landslide risks are involved in both proposed spoil sites. In addition, no sensitive receptor, such as schools and residential areas, has been found around the proposed disposal sites, which means that there will be no servious environmental and social impacts. In view of environmental protection, the selection of two spoil disposal sites is sound, safe and feasible.

SOIL EROSION

The Soil Conservation Plan for the proposed No.3 Jialing River Earthquake Reconstruction Project has been developed by Sichuan Provincial Communication Department Communication Survey & Design Research Institute. According to the survey, this project only involves Qili New Area and Hexi Town of Langzhong City, where the mild hydraulic eronsion is the dominant type of soil erosion. Most of the soil erosion impacts, such as field disturbance, vegetation damage and spoil generation, are expected from the project construction from July 2010 to December 2012, which will last for 2.5 years. During this period, totally 7975t of soil erosion is expected from the project implementation, in which about 7297t will be newly increased. Accordingly, the focus is proposed to be put on the comprehensive management on soil & water conservation especially on the sites for temporary works including road foundation works, spoil disposal sites and production & living areas for project construction. Detailed measures have been proposed in terms of temporary protection, engineering design and greening works. With the implementation of all these measures, the soil erosion resulting from the road construction is expected to be effectively controlled within 1~2 years’ project operation, the soil & water conservation effects along the project site will return to the conditions before the project implementation or even get better.

CONSTRUCTION CAMP

Local residential houses will be selected as construction camp as much as possible. If local residential houses are not available, construction camp will be located at the area remote from sensitive receptors such as urban areas and schools, which are in the distance farther than 300m downwind away from prevailing wind. The sewers will be intalled around the construction camp to collect industrial wastewater during construction. The industrial wastewater will be discharged into septic tanks after being treated through sendimentation tanks and oil-removal tanks. The waste oil to be collected in oil-removal tanks will be transported and treated by a qualified waste disposal company on a timely basis. The domestic wastewater to be generated during construction is proposed to use as fertilizer. It is forbidden to discharge both domestic and industrial wastewater into local water body without treatment, which will lessen the potential negative impacts on surrounding environment.

CONSTRUCTION METHOD

The project includes construction of one grand bridge crossing Jialing River and one medium-sized bridge crossing tributary of Gouxi River. The proposed bridge piers are all fixed in the corresponding rivers. No water source protection zone is involved.

The proposed bridges with piers in the rivers are mainly fixed by piles. Compared to other construction method, dregs and sludge to be generated during drilling and excavating are less, which will have few impacts on the aquatic environment. However, the riverbed will be blocked with great increase of SS and DS together with increasing turbidity if the dregs and sludge are directly discharged into the receiving water body. Trough anti-seepage overflow facility and wells made of sand in packages, sludge willl be treated in the sendimentation tanks. The supernatant will be reused. The dregs from pile bases are

DRA CONSULTING TEAM 21 DECEMBER 2009 Summary Environmental Impact Assessment for Langzhong Subproject under Batch 2 of Wenchuan Earthquake Recovery Project (WERP) proposed to transport to neighbouring spoil storage sites after being treated in the sendimentation tanks. Thus, the potential water pollution can be prevented in an efficient way.

In addition, oil material needs to be used during culvert construction, which will lead to increase of parameters, e.g. petroleum concentration in water if accidental release happens or waste oil without treatment is directly discharged into water body. Therefore, it is forbidden to discharge mechanical oils and waste oil into water body and the mechanical oils and waste oil are proposed to collect and treat by a qualified company.

In the on-site concrete mixing facilities, industrial wastewater to be generated from prefabricated elements and raw material stores contains a large amount of sand and SS which will have few impacts on the environment after the industrial wastewater has been collected for reuse.

IMPACTS AND MITIGATION MEASURES RELATED TO OPERATION PERIOD

Air Pollution

According to monitoring results for flue gas to be generated from similar roads during operation, pollution caused by flue gas mainly concentrates on both sides of roads within a distance of 40m from road axes. The plants can greatly lessen the impacts of flue gas on vegetation and residents on both sides of roads.

Based upon distribution of sensitive receptors along the proposed roads, the sensitive receptors are more than 40m away from the road axes, which will basically not lead to air pollution due to overload of NO2 and CO. Besides, the following mitigation measures have been identified and will be implemented during operation in order to reduce the negative impacts as much as possible.

z Enhace traffic management, strictly follow vehicles management regulations, and national standards for emission limit for motors, restrict operation of vehicles with overloaded flue gas and trunks without covering measures.

z Enhance road cleaning and maintenance to ensure the transport in good condition and decrease air pollution caused by dust and flue gas.

z Facilitate the implementation of greening measures.

Noise Pollution

There are 3 sensitive receptors around the project area. The projection of noise levels at these three sensitive receptors during operation is detailed in the table below.

TABLE 0-2: PROJECTION OF NOISE LEVELS AT 3 SENSITIVE RECEPTORS FOR OPERATION PERIOD Distance Environmental Noise Traffic Noise (dB) Comform to road Background (dB) Nr Name Phase ity2 axis m Level Short Medium Long Short Medium Long (y/n)(dB) term term term term term term White Crane 60 on the Daytime 42.0 43.8 45.1 46.4 46.0 46.8 47.7 1 yes Garden right Night 35.4 32.7 39.7 41.0 37.3 41.1 42.1 Dongyuemia 100m on Daytime 41.8 42.4 43.8 45.1 45.1 45.9 46.8 2 o Village the right Night 30.9 37.4 38.4 39.7 38.3 39.1 40.2 3 Tianyuan 70m on Daytime 42.0 44.8 46.1 46.4 46.6 47.5 47.7

2 The standard is Class II Environmental Quality Standard for Noise GB3096 2008.

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The projection indicated that noise levels at each sensitive receptors would be compliant with Class II Environmental Quality Standard for Noise GB3096 2008.

In addition, during urban construction planning of both sides of traffic lines, sensitive receptors, such as residential area, school and hospital, are not allowed to build within a distance of 37m from road axes. Traffic noise nuisance to new buildings constructed within this area will not be subject to legal sanction.

Potential Impacts on Local Navigation and Flood Control

In view of the navigation and flood control functions of Jialing River, the current design of the proposed No. 3 Jialing River Bridge has integrated the considerations to minimize the potential impacts on the local navigation and flood control conditions due to the bridge construction. In accordance with relevant Chinese design criteria, the flood frequency designed for the project is 1 in 100 years, and the navigation grade is designed as Grade IV.

As for the road construction, with the construction of 7 culverts and 2 bridges, there will be little impact on the original irrigation system and water resource facilites, and the normal operation of these facilities will not be affected.

Clarification of Dam Safety Issues

As mentioned before, the proposed No.3 Jialing River Bridge is located about 2.8km downstream of Jinyintai Hydropower Station. As one of key hydropower stations approved by the Central Government, Jinyintai hydropower station has the multiple functions of navigation, power generation, flood control, irrigation, sand removal, tourism and environmental protection. The station has the design capacity of 3h40MW and the controlled catchment of 67694km2.

The normal reserved water level is 352.00m with the water storage capacity of 166,500m3 and the variations in capacityof 9.72million m3. The total reservoir capacity of the power station at the maximum flood control water level is 483million m3, which makes it classified as a large-scale reservoir. The navigation lock is Grad 4 with the annual navigation capacity of 2.50million tons. The station was formally put into operation at the end of 2008. So far the operation remains safe and stable, and 1400GWh. After the earthquake, the safety check of the hydrological structures and the check of the dam appearance conclude that the hydrological structures are safe for operation, the damaged equipments have been repaired, and the production has been resumed since May 27th, 2008 and has being so far operated in good condition.

Based on the preliminary review of the above data, there seems little relationship between the proposed project and Jinyintai hydropower station. However, whether the World Bank Safeguard Policy “Dam Safety” (OP4.37) will be triggered by this subproject or not will depend on further information on the dam safety inspection report and dam conditions.

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Resettlement Action Plan

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT

The proposed No.3 Jialing River Bridge in Langzhong City spans over Jialing River. As a key project to solve the traffic for over 200 thousand people to go out in Hexi, Hongshan and Shuiguan area, it will connect Qili New Area and Hexiguan closely. It is 4.84 km long, consisting of a large bridge with a length of 1.23 km, one medium-sized bridge with a length of 60 m and seven culverts with total length of 70 m..

IMPACT OF LAND ACQUISITION AND HOUSE DEMOLITION

The Project will permanently acquires rural collective land of 165.51 mu, 72.2% of which is farmland, The land acquisition involves 302 people of 76 households; during the construction, the project will take up 35 mu lands for temporary use; the project involves the demolition of 2,800 m2, including 2,400 m2 of rural residential houses and 400 m2 of highway maintenance houses. The house demolition of houses is excluding illegal buildings and undocumented property.

APPLICABLE POLICIES AND COMPENSATION STANDARD

The resettlement plan is compiled in strictly accordance with relative laws of the People’s Republic of China, regulations of Sichuan Province and safeguard policy OP/BP4.12 of the World Bank. The resettlement will be carried out in compliance with the compensation criteria and schedule included in the RAP. This RAP is developed based on “Circular on Issues Related to the adjustment of Land Acquisition Compensation Criteria issued by Department of State Land Resources Transferred by Sichuan People’s Provincial Government” (CBH[2008]No. 73)(on April 13, 2008) and “Circular on Printing the Compensation Criteria for Land Acquisition, Plants and Attachments of Langzhong City” (LFH [2008] No. 1).

The compensation of requested land is based on the average land area per capita in different villages: RMB 22,080/mu in Heishanyan Village, RMB 27,131/mu in Zhongxuelu Village, RMB 25,640/mu in Dongyuemiao Village; RMB 48,000/mu for vegetable field, RMB 22,080/mu for garden field and RMB 11,040/mu for forest and homestead. The young trees on the acquisition land are compensated according to the actual losing value of the existing quarter.

The land for temporary use is compensated on the basis of RMB 1,380/mu per year.

The house demolition is compensated on the basis of RMB 600 /m2 for the brick-concrete structure houses, RMB 500/m2 for brick-wood structure houses and RMB 300/m2 for mud- wood structure houses. The house for highway maintenance is compensated on the basis of RMB 600/m2.

ESTIMATED COST FOR RESETTLEMENT

The total estimating cost of land acquisition and demolition is estimated at about RMB 11.0757 million, including the basic cost of resettlement compensation for the directly affected people is about RMB 9.5882 million, technical training fee RMB 0.151 million, the implementation management fee RMB 0.2876 million, migration monitoring and evaluation costs RMB 0.09 million and contingency expenses RMB 9.588 million.

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Land acquisition of this project involves 9 communities in 3 villages. The resettlement subsidiaries are paid to the involved villagers directly and the land compensation is paid to the village collective organization. The per capita arable land for the affected 76 households, 302 people in the three villages was reduced to 0.47 acres after the land acquisition. After land re-allocation in the affected village and group, the per capita arable land can be restored to 0.8 acres, and no less than 0.3 mu per capita arable land losses households. The villages and groups re-allocate the land within the community coverage and the village committee shall organize meetings among villagers to discuss the allocation of the land adjustment and compensation.

z Compensation shall be paid by the project contractor based on the annual loss of agricultural output by the project contractor, land owner or the land user (collective or individual). The land for temporary use shall be compensated each year. The land temporarily occupied by this project is collective reserved land so the compensation is paid to the village collective. After the project is completed, the project contractor shall recover the farmland for cultivation and return to the land owner or land user.

Resettlement Plan for house demolition

z All resettled households shall be resettled with new homestead with the coordination of village collective. The new homestead are planned and selected by the villages or groups (except the basic farmland). The compensation is directly paid to the relocated households for reconstruction and the new homestead is without any extra fees. Housing land for construction distribution criteria is 30 per capita, less than three calculated by four persons as 120 , 120-150 by three or more persons. In addition to the construction of residential houses, the housing land can also be used for the poultry breeding.

z The subsidy of RMB 60/month/family is provided for house rental during the transition period based on the actual duration of the transitional period.

z The resettlement of office for highway maintenance shall be compensated with cash and the compensation is paid to the right owner Langzhong Municipal Highway Maintenance Department which will then determine by itself whether to rebuild the office for highway maintenance and where to rebuild.

Reemployment opportunities brought by No.3 Jialing River Bridge project

z The resettlement department of Langzhong City will take the following specific measures during project construction to make the affected population benefit from the project and increase their family income: the construction unit will provide the proper job position during project construction; if technically permitted, the use of local material, local transportation and labor services will be prioritized to meet the demand of construction materials such as sand and stone and related goods transportation for project construction. The employment training will be provided by the local Labor and Social Security Department.

z The construction of No.3 Jialing River Bridge will facilitate the communication across Jialing River so as to help the farmers affected by land acquisition to find more employment opportunities in the city, for example, tourism services, sales of agricultural products and guide for tourists from other cities.

z The villagers can operate Farmhouse and leisure tourism by making use of their own courtyards, rivers and gardens.

SICHUAN PPMO 25 AUGUST 2009 Summary Environmental Impact Assessment for Langzhong Subproject under Batch 2 of Wenchuan Earthquake Recovery Project (WERP) z The convenient traffic will facilitate the transportation and sales of fruits, vegetables and fowls so as to enlarge the scale and production of local livestock breeding.

z No.3 Jialing River Bridge project is adjacent to Gouxihe Wetland Protected Area so it can help the local land-losing farmers to develop the tourism there.

IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR RESETTLMENT

The project construction will last about 2 and half years. Construction will start from June 2010 and will be completed in December 2012. The implementation of land acquisition and house demolition will be implemented since March 2010, while the related resettlement, reconstruction and relocation of the affected people in the new houses is expected to be completed by the end of June 2011, as detailed in Table 1 :

TABLE 0-1: RESETTLEMENT IMPLEMENTATION PLAN OF NO.3 JIALING RIVER BRIDGE IN LANGZHONG

Activities Department participation and affected people Time of Implementation

Southwest Jiaotong University Civil Project planning and Engineering Design Co. Ltd. 2010.1 feasibility study Project Office of No.3 Jialing River Bridge in Langzhong Municipality

Southwest Jiaotong University Civil Engineering Design Co. Ltd. Project preliminary design 2010.32010.4 and detailed design Project Office of No.3 Jialing River Bridge in Langzhong Municipality Project Office of No.3 Jialing River Negotiation and Bridge in Langzhong Municipality, 2009.10-2009.11 resettlement meeting State Land Bureau of Langzhong City Affected villages and people Develop the detailed compensation criteria and Project Office of No.3 Jialing River resettlement action plan Bridge in Langzhong City 2009.11 as well as the training for State Land Bureau of Langzhong City the people responsible for Affected villages and people the project

Confirmation of the land Project Office of No.3 Jialing River Bridge in acquisition (Detailed Langzhong City measurement and survey, 2009.11 including temporary land State Land Bureau of Langzhong City Affected use and ground villages attachments) Project Office of No.3 Jialing River Bridge in Langzhong City Disclosure of the RAP t to 2010.3 the affected people State Land Bureau of Langzhong City Affected villages

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Activities Department participation and affected people Time of Implementation Signing the resettlement Project Office of No.3 Jialing River and house demolition Bridge in Langzhong City agreement with affected 2010.32010.4 State Land Bureau of Langzhong City people, communities Affected communities and people and units

Pre-assessment for the land National Land Bureau of Langzhong City 2010.5 acquisition plan Project Office of No.3 Jialing River Disbursement of Bridge in Langzhong City 2010.52010.8 compensation State Land Bureau of Langzhong City Living and production Government of Hexi Town, affected 2010.52011.6 recovery villages and people Relocation of the affected villages, communities and people affected 2011.6 people in the new houses

RESETTLEMENT ORGANIZATION AND FUND GUARANTEE

Langzhong No.3 Jialing River Bridge Project Office is the owner of the project and is in charge of the general coordination, supervision and complaint handling. The project office shall develop the resettlement action plan together with State Bureau of Land Resources. The town/township governments and the communities in the project area shall be responsible for the land acquisition and the coordination and allocation of the homestead for resettlement houses. The Municipal Finance Bureau shall be responsible for the financing and disbursement of the fund required for land acquisition and resettlement. The director of Langzhong Municipal Communication Bureau, Mr. Yuan Caiwu, is appointed as the director of Langzhong No.3 Jialing River Bridge Project Office, and a resettlement team consisting of full-time personnel has been established in the affected Hexi Town. The organizations of different levels will work together to strictly implement the RAP.

All the compensation fee for land acquisition, house demolition, ground attachments, infrastructure restoration will be calculated in the total project cost. The resettlement expense will be paid by the Project Owner, Langzhong Municipal PMO, to the relevant organizations or people; in order to ensure the smooth implementation of the RAP, the Project Owner-Langzhong Municipal PMO will work together with the State Land and Resource Bureau of Langzhong City to establish the financial and supervision organization to ensure all the fund is transferred on time.

CONSULTATION, APPEALS, PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AND INFORMATION DISCLOSURE

The affected people are informed of the potential impacts at different stages of the project and participate in the consultation. Information concerning land acquisition and resettlement is planed to be disclosed by the means of public media such as newspaper, public notice and government website and the meetings at village level in order to enhance the understanding and support of all the communities in the project-affected area.

The project owner and the local resettlement department have carried out the investigation on public opinions among the households affected by land acquisition and resettlement. 30 households were randomly taken for the investigation to understand the opinions of the household, villages and villager groups on earthquake impacts, project construction and the resettlement works. In general, the investigated people all consider that the earthquake

SICHUAN PPMO 27 AUGUST 2009 Summary Environmental Impact Assessment for Langzhong Subproject under Batch 2 of Wenchuan Earthquake Recovery Project (WERP) has serious impacts on the living of local people, which is mainly manifested by economic losses and house damages. 96.7% of the investigated people are in favor of the post- earthquake reconstruction project, at the same time, people clearly indicate the positive significance possibly brought by the project. The results of the investigation on the willingness for resettlement show that 23.3% of the investigated people are willing to be resettled in a centralized way while 60.7% chose the scattered resettlement, and other 10% adopt an indifferent attitude against the way of resettlement . 20% of the investigated people have a relatively good understanding of the resettlement policies while 76.6% only know a little about the policies, and only 3.4% of the investigated people have no idea about the policies. The situation mentioned above shows to some extent that the civilians understand their rights and benefits and have the ability to defense their own rights and benefits.

This project has three ways of information disclosure: put up public notice in the affected villages and villager groups, achiving the RAP in the project office or publicize the information on the website of Langzhong City People’s Government. During the implementation of land acquisition and resettlement, the affected people and enterprises can lodge complaints about any problems on land acquisition, house demolition, compensation and resettlement to the local administrative departments, government authorities, project owner, external supervisors and the court. Service and complaint hotline has been set up at the No.3 Jialing River Bridge Project Office and Hexi Town, and the numbers are respectively: 0817 6307300 and 0817 6420011.

RESETTLEMENT MONITORING

No.3 Jialing River Bridge Project Office and the organizations responsible for resettlement in the local governments will jointly be responsible for the distribution of compensation fund,and the internal monitoring and supervision concerning house reconstruction, land acquisition and complaints for affected people. No.3 Jialing River Bridge Project Office is responsible for preparing the internal monitoring reports and will submit them to the World Bank regularly until the resettlement work is completed. In addition, No.3 Jialing River Bridge Project Office will entrust an independent supervision institute for external monitoring and evaluation. The independent external resettlement monitoring and evaluation will be carried out once to twice during project implementation based on the progress of the project resettlement until the income, production and living of the affected people are completely restored. For each external monitoring investigation, the number of samples shall be up to 10% of the affected people. The external supervision work includes: investigation of baseline data, review and confirm the payment of compensation fee, review and evaluate the RAP and the implementation results, evaluate the complaint procedure and the feedback of the affected people on the rights and the compensation and their satisfaction, evaluate the income recovery of the affected people, as well as the lessons learnt in order to benefit the future resettlement work.

MATRIX TABLE OF RIGHTS

Right matrix of the affected people determined in accordance with the compensation principles of resettlement by Langzhong city government is presented in Table 2.

TABLE 0-2: RIGHT TABLE FOR RESETTLEMENT OF LANGZHONG NO.3 JIALING RIVER BRIDGE PROJECT

Categories Affected Compensation Compensation item Village Classification of impact population Criteria Land Villager/ village Heishanyan Village 22080 RMB/mu acquisition collective Zhongxuelu Village Farmland 27131 RMB/mu Compensation for Dongyuemiao village 25640 RMB/mu permanent land Vegetable field 48000 RMB/mu acquisition and subsidy for resettlement Garden field 22080 RMB/mu Woodland 11040 RMB/mu Homestead 11040 RMB/mu Temporary land use 1380 RMB/mu/year

SICHUAN PPMO 28 AUGUST 2009 Summary Environmental Impact Assessment for Langzhong Subproject under Batch 2 of Wenchuan Earthquake Recovery Project (WERP) Categories Affected Compensation Compensation item Village Classification of impact population Criteria Spring 828 Young crops Late Autumn 552 Vegetable field 690 Pines, willows and cassia nomame, 0.110 RMB/each Forest etc. Orchard 3003000 RMB/mu Outdoor flat land 725 RMB/ Methane tank 200800 RMB/each Well 300500 RMB/each Ground attachment Grave (coffin) 400600 RMB/each Outdoor brick- 1030 RMB/ stone wall Brick 600 RMB/ villagers Brick-wood 500 RMB/ House Compensation for house demolition demolition Wood 300RMB/ Highway units 600RMB/ maintenance squad Training cost Households calculated in Affected affected by land Employment training accordance with the population acquisition and contents, population demolition and time.

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Public Consultation & Information Disclosure

PUBLIC CONSULTATION

In accordance with the World Bank policies, two rounds of public consultation have been conducted during the preparation of the environmental impact assessment. Special focus has been put on the project-affected enterprises, residents and beneficiaries of different age groups, genders, educational backgrounds and occupations as well as other stakeholders.

As indicated in the results, the investigation scope also included key sensitive receptors along the proposed bridge. Therefore, the results for this investigation were representative.

TABLE 0-1: SUMMARY OF PUBLIC CONSULTATION FOR LANGZHONG SUBPROJECT Key Method Organi Locatio No. participant Date Results s zer n s Home PIU, EA Residents 2009 Project The public generally showed their Visit consulta around the -08 area in support to project contruction and and nts project Langzh thought that project implementation Meeting area, ong City would improve development of 1 related local social-economy and promote towns/town development of local tourist ships and resoures. village committees The project-affected enterprises and public showed their support to project contruction and thought that project implementation would improve development of local 12 Project social-economy and promote PIU, EA enterprises Questio 2009 area in development of local tourist 2 consulta and 50 nnaire -11 Langzh resoures. nts local ong City Most of people interviewed hoped residents that noise nuisance during operation could be lessened by greening the proposed roads. 100% of interviewees agreed with project construction;

The EIA institute discussed the comments from the public with the local PIU, construction contractors and local government on a timely basis. The feedbacks are listed below:

z The public hoped that the subproject could commence as soon as possible and engineering quality could be assured. The construction contractors expressed their willingness to lauch the project and would follow the national and local laws and regulations to conduct design, construction, and supervision of the project.

SICHUAN PPMO 30 AUGUST 2009 Summary Environmental Impact Assessment for Langzhong Subproject under Batch 2 of Wenchuan Earthquake Recovery Project (WERP) z Regarding the land acquisition and resettlement to be involved, construction contractors will strictly follow the concerned resettlement policies; give the compensation expenses to the Government at district and town levels to implement the supervision, approval and distribution and appraisal of the compensation expenses for affected households. The resettlement compensation alternatives will be notified in towns, respectively. Proir to land acquisition and resettlement, meetings for public consultation will be held in order to inform the affected household of relevant compensation policies and management methods and collect their comments and requirement for the resettlement.

INFORMATION DISCLOSURE

The project information, including project background, key potential environmental issues, name of local PIU and their contact information, name of EIA consultants in charge and their contact information, and the way to make comments, has been disclosed twice on the website of Langzhong City People’s Government (http://www.langzhong.gov.cn) and also once on the Langzhong City Newspaper as well.

TABLE 0-2: SUMMARY OF INFORMATION DISCLOSURE FOR LANGZHONG SUBPROJECT No. Name of Project Documents Date Location 1 Project introduction, key August 31st – website of Langzhong City potential environmental issues, September 15th People’s Government contact information on 2009 (http://www.langzhong.gov.cn) construction contractor and EIA institute in charge, way to provide comments and feedbacks 2 Main environmental assessment November 6th – results, contact information on November 23rd construction contractor and EIA 2009 institute in charge, way to provide comments 3 Key contents of the draft EIA December 25th Langzhong City Newspaper report 2009

SICHUAN PPMO 31 AUGUST 2009 Summary Environmental Impact Assessment for Langzhong Subproject under Batch 2 of Wenchuan Earthquake Recovery Project (WERP) FIGURE 0-1: INFORMATION DISCLOSURE ON LANGZHONG CITY NEWSPAPER

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Environmental Management Plan

The Environmental Management Plan (EMP) covers all phases of the Project from preparation to construction and to commissioning and operation.They aim to ensure control of the environmental impacts through implementation of monitoring and mitigation activities. The full EMP of the Project will be incorporated into the construction and operation management plans of the Project as appropriate and will form part of the bidding documentation.

During project preparation and implementation, organizations with different environmental management responsibilities, such as Sichuan Urban Construction PPMO, the local PIU and PMO, EPB, Design Institutes, contractors and construction supervision companies have been or will be involved in environmental management. PMOs, contractors and PIUs will be required to appoint dedicated and qualified environmental specialists to oversee environmental management activities and ensure implementation of the EMP.

ORGANIZATION

During project preparation and implementation, these various organizations with different environmental management responsibilities have been or will be involved in the environmental management activities. PMOs, contractors and PIUs, will each nominate dedicated and qualified environmental specialists to undertake environmental management activities and ensure effective implementation of the EMP.

The local PMOs will ensure that the project progress and impacts are closely monitored and reported in line with the WB requirements. The effectiveness of mitigation measures and monitoring results will be evaluated through the feedback reporting system. Corrective actions in response to monitoring results will be taken as necessary. Concerned EPBs and PMOs will play critical roles in this feedback and corrective mechanism.

For consistency and cost management during construction activities, it is recommended that concerned cities rely on a common CSC for the environmental supervision and monitoring. In such situation, consolidation of monitoring data and dissemination of common rules and practices regarding environmental management will be strongly facilitated, and their efficiency improved.

The EMP provides detailed procedures for information exchange, reporting, data management and non-compliance resolution.

A conceptual organization arrangement between the main contributors during the construction stage is shown in the figure below.

SICHUAN PPMO 33 AUGUST 2009 Summary Environmental Impact Assessment for Langzhong Subproject under Batch 2 of Wenchuan Earthquake Recovery Project (WERP) FIGURE 0-1: CONCEPTUAL ORGANIZATION FOR EMP ORGANIZATION

SichuanLUCRPO Urban World Bank EnvironmentalConstruction Provincial EPB Coordinator

Project Owner 1 T Project Owner 2 Project Owner 3

PIU R PIU PIU O P S T E T R R N I O O P P E Construction Supervision P R

A Company 1 or YY Environmental Team Construction Supervision Company 1 (CSC1) Environmental Team

Construction Supervision E S

I Company 1 or XX T V R

R Environmental Team O E P P E U R S

Contractor

ENVIRONEMTNAL MONITORING PLAN

Construction Period

TABLE 0-1: MONITORING PROGRAM DURING CONSTRUCTION Monitorin Monitoring Environment Monitoring Monitoring Applicable g Institute al Element Location Frequency Standard Indicators Integrated Once during dry Local SS, PH, Wastewater No.3 Jialing season for one day COD, Discharge Wastewater River Bridge and spot check if qualified petroleum Standard required GB8978-96 monitoring Integrated Construction station Once during Emission site and Air TSP construction for two Standard for neighboring days Air Pollutants residenal areas GB16297-96

SICHUAN PPMO 34 AUGUST 2009 Summary Environmental Impact Assessment for Langzhong Subproject under Batch 2 of Wenchuan Earthquake Recovery Project (WERP) Monitorin Monitoring Environment Monitoring Monitoring Applicable g Institute al Element Location Frequency Standard Indicators Noise limits Once during for Dongyuemiao construction for one L Construction Noise Village Aeq day, sampling at Site daytime and night GB12523-90

Operation Period

TABLE 0-2: MONITORING PROGRAM DURING OPERATION Environmental Monitoring Monitoring Monitoring Applicable Monitoring Element Location Item Frequency Standard Institute Environmental Local Spot check (once) Quality qualified No.3 Jialing SS, PH, COD, Wastewater every year, for one Standard for monitoring River Bridge petroleum day Surface Water station GB3838-2002 Environmental Quality Dongyuemiao Once every winter, Air NO2, TSP, CO Standard for Village for seven days Air Quality GB3095-96 Environmental Twice every year, Quality Dongyuemiao for one day, Noise LAeq Standard for Village sampling at Noise GB daytime and night 3096-2008

CAPACITY BUILDING

As proposed in the EIA report, during construction, special environmental training will be delivered to the PIUs, contractors and CSCs on (i) Environmental management during construction activities, (ii) National and local environmental standards, (iii) WB safeguards, (iv) Monitoring of water, air and noise at construction sites, and (v) Reporting.

During operation, specialized environmental management training will also be delivered to the project owner(s) who will be responsible for the daily operation of the bridges.

BUDGET ESTIMATE AND SOURCE OF FUNDING

The total investment of this subproject is approximately 0.22billion RMB. The estimated environmental investment is 5.67million RMB, which accounts for 2.58% of the total project investment.

SICHUAN PPMO 35 AUGUST 2009 Summary Environmental Impact Assessment for Langzhong Subproject under Batch 2 of Wenchuan Earthquake Recovery Project (WERP) More specifically, the budget of the proposed environmental monitoring plan has been estimated, which sums up to 131,000 RMB for both the construction and operation periods, as detailed below.

TABLE 0-3: BUDGET OF ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING PLAN Number of Total Cost Phase Monitoring Item Unit Price (RMB) Monitoring (RMB) Water quality 4 60,000 24,000

Construction Period Air quality 3 5,000 15,000 (1.25 years) Noise 1 1,000 1,000 Subtotal - 40,000 Water quality 7 60,000 42,000

Operation Period Air quality 7 5,000 35,000 (7 years) Noise 14 1,000 14,000 Subtotal 91,000 Total 131,000

SICHUAN PPMO 36 AUGUST 2009 Summary Environmental Impact Assessment for Langzhong Subproject under Batch 2 of Wenchuan Earthquake Recovery Project (WERP) Appendix 1 Bibliography No. Name of Document Author Date 1 EIA Report for Langzhong City Municipal Sichuan Provincial Communication Jan. 2010 Infracture Batch 2 Project in Nanchong Department Communication Survey & Municipality of Sichuan Province under Design Research Institute WERP 2 Environmental Management Plan for Sichuan Provincial Communication Jan. 2010 Langzhong City Municipal Infracture Department Communication Survey & Batch 2 Project in Nanchong Municipality Design Research Institute of Sichuan Province under WERP

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Appendix 2 Environmental Standard 1. ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY STANDARDS

ENVIRONMENTAL AIR QUALITY STANDARDS

Environmental Air Quality Standard (GB3095ü1996) is presented in the table below, in which the Class II requirements are applied to this project.

ENVIRONMENTAL AIR QUALITY STANDARDS

3 POLLUTANT MONITORING DURATION CONCENTRATION LIMITS (MG/M )

CLASS I CLASS II

DAILY AVERAGE 0.08 0.12 NO2 HOURLY AVERAGE 0.12 0.24

TSP DAILY AVERAGE 0.12 0.30

ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY STANDARDS FOR SURFACE WATER

Surface Water Quality Standard (GB3838ü2002) are presented in the following table. The Class III requirements are applied to this project.

ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY STANDARDS OF SURFACE WATER (GB3838-2002) UNIT: MG/L (EXCLUDING PH)

Ref Pollutants Class I Class II Class III Class IV Class V 1 pH 6 to 9 6 to 9 6 to 9 6 to 9 6 to 9 DO 7.5 6 5 3 2 2 (or 90% sat) ≤ 3 COD Mn 2 4 6 10 15 ≤ 4 CODCr 15 15 20 30 40 ≤ 5 BOD5 3 3 4 6 10 ≤ 6 N-NH3 0.015 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 ≤ 7 Total Phosphorus (P) 0.02 (0.01)* 0.1 (0.025)* 0.2 (0.05)* 0.3 (0.1)* 0.4 (0.2)* ≤ 8 Total Nitrogen (N) 0.2 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 ≤ 9 Copper (Cu) 0.01 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 ≤ 10 Zinc (Zn) 0.05 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.0 ≤ 11 Fluoride (F) 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.5 1.5 ≤ 12 Selenium (Se) 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.02 ≤ 13 Arsenic (As) 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.1 0.1 ≤ 14 Mercury (Hg) 0.00005 0.00005 0.0001 0.001 0.001

DRA CONSULTING TEAM APPENDIX 2-1 DECEMBER 2009 Summary Environmental Impact Assessment for Langzhong Subproject under Batch 2 of Wenchuan Earthquake Recovery Project (WERP) Ref Pollutants Class I Class II Class III Class IV Class V ≤ 15 Cadmium (Cd) 0.001 0.005 0.005 0.005 0.01 6+ ≤ 16 Chromium (Cr ) 0.01 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.1 ≤ 17 Total lead (Pb) 0.01 0.01 0.05 0.05 0.1 - ≤ 18 Total cyanide (CN ) 0.005 0.05 0.2 0.2 0.2 ≤ 19 Volatile phenol 0.002 0.002 0.005 0.01 0.1 ≤ 20 Oil 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.5 1.0 ≤ 21 Anionic detergent 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 ≤ 22 Sulphide 0.05 0.1 0.2 0.5 1.0 ≤ 23 Coli forms (number/L) 200 2000 10,000 20,000 40,000 *Value within bracket for lakes and reservoirs *Fishery water quality standards, ** Class 1 of Waster water comprehensive emission standards

ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY STANDARDS FOR NOISE

Class II standard of Urban Area Environmental Noise Standards GB3096-1995, applies to residential, commercial and industrial mixed area. Class Four of Urban Area Environmental Noise Standards GB3096-1995, applies to zones within 10 m on both sides of traffic roads.

NOISE STANDARDS OF URBAN AREA

Types Day Unit ; [Leq[dB(A)] Night [Unit ; Leq[dB(A)] 0 50 45 1 55 45 2 60 50 3 65 55 4 70 55

Standard for Noise Levels at the Boundary of Industrial Enterprises, Category II (GB12348- 90) applies to urban environmental infrastructure subprojects and environment subprojects. To the boundary close to traffic trunk lines, Category IV applies, which means the equivalent noise level at daytime is 70dBA, that at night 55dBA.

NOISE STANDARDS AT INDUSTRIAL AREA BORDER

Standard Category Applicable Zone Daytime Nightime (GB12348-90) Category II Boundaries of plants in industrial parks (dBA) 60 50 Boundaries close to traffic trunk lines in (GB12348-90) Category IV 70 55 industrial parks (dBA)

2. EMISSION STANDARDS

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Waste water treatment plant effluents must conform to the National Comprehensive Emission Standards of Waste Water (GB8978-1996), as presented below.

Class I shall apply to any effluent discharged into natural water bodies, which is applicable to this project.

COMPREHENSIVE EMISSION STANDARDS OF WASTE WATER (UNIT MG/L EXCEPT PH)

Ref. Pollutant Class I Class III 1 PH 6 to 9 6 to 9 2 SS ≤70 ≤400

3 CODCr ≤100 ≤500 4 BOD5 ≤20 ≤300 5 Oil ≤5 ≤20 6 P ≤0.1 ≤0.3

7 N-NH3 ≤15 ü 8 Volatile hydroxybenzene ≤0.5 ≤2.0 9 Sulfide ≤1.0 ≤1.0 10 Fluoride ≤10 ≤20 11 Total Cu ≤0.5 ≤2.0 12 Total Zn ≤2.0 ≤5.0 13 Total Mn ≤2.0 ≤5.0 14 Total Hg* ≤0.05 ≤0.05 15 Total Cd* ≤0.1 ≤0.1 16 Total Cr* ≤1.5 ≤1.5 17 Cr6+* ≤0.5 ≤0.5 18 Total As* ≤0.5 ≤0.5 *Adopts maximum acceptable emission concentration

For effluents discharged out of sewage treatment plants, Standard B of Class I in “Standard for Pollutant Discharge of Wastewater Treatment Plants in Cities and Towns” (GB18918-2002) (enforced on July 1, 2003) shall apply, as shown in following Table.

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HIGHEST ALLOWABLE DISCHARGE CONCENTRATION OF WATER POLLUTANTS FROM WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS (DAILY AVERAGE) UNIT: MG/L

Grade I Standard Grade II Grade III No. Basic Controlled Item Standard A Standard B Standard Standard 1 COD 50 60 100 1201)

1) 2 BOD5 10 20 30 60 3 Suspended solid (SS) 10 20 30 50 4 Animal & plant oil 1 3 5 20 5 Petroleum 1 3 5 15 6 Negative ion surface active agent 0.5 1 2 5 7 Total nitrogen (as N) 15 20 - - 2) 8 NH3-N (as N) 5 (8) 8 (15) 25 (30) -

Total P Built before Dec., 2005 1 1.5 3 5 9 (as P) Built before Jan. 1, 2006 0.5 1 3 5 10 Color (dilution magnitude) 30 30 40 50 11 pH 6~9 12 Bacillus coli (count/l) 103 104 104 -

Notes: 1) Removal rate indicators shall be higher than 60% when inlet water COD is higher than 350mg/l, higher than 50% when BOD is higher than 350mg/l; 2) Values outside brackets refer to controlled values when water temperature is >12°C, those inside refer to controlled values when water temperature is ≤12°C.

Highest Allowable Discharge Concentration of Part of Category I No. Standard Value, mg/l Pollutants (Daily Average) 1 Total Hg 0.001 2 Total Cr 0.1 3 Hexavalent Cr 0.05 4 Total Pb 0.1

Highest Allowable Discharge Concentration of Selected Controlled No. Standard Value, mg/l Items (Daily Average) 1 Total Ni 0.05 2 Total Be 0.002 3 Total Cu 0.5 4 Total Zn 1.0 5 Total Mn 2.0 6 Volatile phenol 0.5 7 Total cyanide 0.5

DRA CONSULTING TEAM APPENDIX 2-4 DECEMBER 2009 Summary Environmental Impact Assessment for Langzhong Subproject under Batch 2 of Wenchuan Earthquake Recovery Project (WERP) 8 Formaldehyde 1.0 9 Benzene 0.1 10 Toluene 0.1

AIR EMISSION

Air emission adopts Comprehensive Emission Standards of Air Pollutant (GB16297-1996).

Class II shall apply to this project.

STANDARD FOR AIR POLLUTANT DISCHARGE

Standard, Grade Pollutant Concentration Limit, mg/m3 Pollutant Discharge Limit (mg/m3), Fume Blackness (Lingman Grade) and Stack Height (m) Standard for air pollutant discharge of SO TSP Fume Metal Rolling, Forging, 2 Stack industrial furnaces & Discharge Discharg Blacknes Reheating Furnace, Height kilns Heat Treatment Limit e Limit s Furnace 850 200 1 15 Pollutan Highest Allowable Pollutant Highest Allowable Discharge Rate, t Discharge Concentration, mg/m3 kg/h

SO2 550 2.6~170 (exhaust duct 15~100m high) Standard NOx 240 0.77~52 (exhaust duct 15~100m high) for integrated TSP 120 3.5~8.5 (exhaust duct 15~60m high) air Pollutan pollutant Monitored Uncontrolled Discharge Concentration, mg/m3 discharge, t Grade II SO2 Highest concentration outside perimeter: 0.40 NOx Highest concentration outside perimeter: 0.12 TSP Highest concentration outside perimeter: 1.0

HIGHEST ALLOWABLE WASTE GAS DISCHARGE CONCENTRATION AT THE BOUNDARY (EDGE OF PROTECTIVE BELT) OF SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS UNIT MG/M3

No. Controlled Item Grade I Standard Grade II Standard Grade III Standard 1 Ammonia 1.0 1.5 4.0

2 H2S 0.03 0.06 0.32 Odor concentration 3 10 20 60 (dimensionless) Methane (highest volumetric 4 0.5 1 1 percentage in the plant, %)

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NOISE

Construction noise adopts Limiting Values in Construction Area (GB12523ü90) standards.

NOISE LIMITING VALUES IN CONSTRUCTION AREA UNIT: LEQ(DB(A))

Limiting values Construction period Main noise sources Day Night Cubic meter of earth and Bulldozer, grab, loading truck 75 55 stone Piling Various pile driver 85 Ban Concrete mixer, vibrating tamper, Construction 70 55 electrical saw, etc. Fitting Crane, elevator, etc 65 55

SOIL EROSION CONTROL

The Class II requirements Soil Erosion Control Standard for Development Contruction Project (GB50434-2008) are applied to this project, as presented in the table below. Construction Period Commissioning Period Control of field 95 disturbance (%) Overall control of soil 85 erosion (%) Soil erosion control ratio 0.5 0.7 Dreg interception rate 90 95 (%) Recovery rate of 95 vegetation (%) Forest and grass 20 coverage rate (%)

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Appendix 3 Figures and Drawings

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Figure 1: Project Location Map

No.3 Jialing River Bridge

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Figure 2: Current Land Use of Langzhong City

Project Site

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Figure 3: Locations of Monitoring Points

Water Quality

Air Quality

Noise

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Figure 4: Water System of Langzhong City

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Project Site

SICHUAN PPMO APPENDIX 3-6 APRIL 2010 Summary Environmental Impact Assessment for Langzhong Subproject under Batch 2 of Wenchuan Earthquake Recovery Project (WERP) Figure 5: Current Situation of Proposed Spoil Disposal Sites

K2+800: Site 1# K4+000: Site 2#

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