DEP – Sub-project: Cam Khe 110-kV Overhead Line and Substation – EMP
E3035 v12 VIETNAM ELECTRICITY
VIETNAM DISTRIBUTION EFFICIENCY PROJECT NORTHERN POWER CORPORATION
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SUB-PROJECT
CAM KHE 110-KV OVERHEAD LINE AND SUBSTATION
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ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN (EMP)
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Ha Noi, 2/2012 Public Disclosure Authorized
ECC DEP – Sub-project: Cam Khe 110-kV Overhead Line and Substation – EMP
ABBREVIATIONS
CPC Commune People’s Committee
DEP Distribution Efficient Project
ECC A Branch of Power Investment and Construction Consulting Company, Ltd (ECC)
ECOP Environmental Code of Practice
EIA Environmental Impact Assessment
EMF Electromagnetic Field
EMP Environmental Management Plan
EVN Electricity of Vietnam
GOV Government of Vietnam
HH Household
HV High voltage
LV Low Voltage
MOIT Mynistry of Industry and Trade
MONRE Mynistry of Natural Resources and Environment
MV Medium Voltage
NGO Northern Grid Company
NPC Northern Power Corporation
OHL Overhead Line
PAH Project Affected Household
PCBs Polychlorinated Biphenyls
PMU Network Project Management Unit (under the NPC)
PPC Provincial People’s Committee
ROW Right of Way
WB World Bank
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. INTRODUCTION ...... 4 I.1. The Project/Sub-Project Background ...... 4 II. LEGAL/POLICY FRAMEWORK AND REGULATION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT ...... 4 II.1. Vietnamese Legal/Policy Framework...... 5 II.2. The World Bank Safeguard Policies...... 5 III. SUB-PROJECT DESCRIPTION AND SCOPE ...... 6 III.1. Target of the Sub-project ...... 6 III.2. Sub-project location ...... 6 III.3. Sub-project Management ...... 6 III.4. Sub-project description ...... 6 III.5. The activities during pre-construction and construction phase ...... 14 III.6. Schedule and General Estimation of the Sub-project ...... 15 IV. SUMMARY OF NATURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS OF THE SUB- PROJECT ...... 17 IV.1. Geographical position ...... 17 IV.2. Climate, Terrain, and Soil ...... 17 IV.3. Natural resources ...... 18 IV.4. Population, Economy, and Culture/Society ...... 19 V. IDENTIFICATION OF THE SUB-PROJECT POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ...... 21 V.1. Identification of potential impacts of Sub-project ...... 21 V.2. Table 6- Environmental Screening of the Sub-project’s impacts ...... 21 VI. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN ...... 29 VI.1. Mitigation measures of environmental negative impacts ...... 29 VI.2. Environmental monitoring plan ...... 37 VII. IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN, CAPACITY BUILDING ...... 44 VII.1. Implementation responsibility of the environmental management plan ...... 44 VII.2. Capacity building ...... 46 VII.3. Environmental Reporting Procedures – Table 11 ...... 48 VII.4. Cost of Implementing EMP ...... 49 VIII. PUBLIC CONSULTATION AND DISCLOSURE ...... 50 VIII.1. Public Consultation ...... 50 VIII.2. Disclosure ...... 50 IX. CONCLUSIONS ...... 52 X. REFERENCES ...... 53 XI. APPENDIX ...... 54 XI.1. Phu Tho location in the Vietnam map ...... 54 XI.2. Map of existing and proposed protected area in Phu Tho ...... 55 XI.3. Plan of 110-kV OHL right-of-way ...... 56 XI.4. Plan of 110-kV substation ...... 57 XI.5. Generic TORs of monitoring EMP implementation for Construction Supervisor Consultant ...... 58 XI.6. Approval document of EIA which approved by Phu Tho Provincial Department of Natural Resources and Environment ...... 60 XI.7. Summary Of Comments From Participants ...... 61 XI.8. Pictures Of Site ...... 63 XI.9. Some of survey documents ...... 64
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I. INTRODUCTION
I.1. The Project/Sub-Project Background
This Project is named “Distribution Efficiency Project”, (hereinafter called the Project) and funded by the WB.
The Project development objective of the Distribution Efficiency Project is to improve the efficiency of Vietnam’s Power Corporations in delivering power distribution and retail supply services, through supply and demand side interventions. As part of this efficiency objective, the project will support enhancements in the regulatory framework.
The Project objective would be achieved through: (i) the reinforcement and expansion of the distribution networks of the 5 PC’s from 100 kV voltage down to 0.4 kV system; (ii) the introduction of smart grid technologies focusing on advanced metering systems and automation to improve the efficiency of distribution services, integrate renewable generation, and implement load response programs; and (iii) provision of technical assistance and capacity building to PCs, as well as technical assistance to MOIT to enhance the tariffs and efficiency regulatory framework and the monitoring systems.
The Sub-project is named “110-kV Cam Khe Overhead Line and Substation”, (hereinafter called the Sub-Project), is one of Sub-Projects that belong to the First Component whose name is “System Expansion and Reinforcement” of the DEP. The Sub-project shall be constructed in Thanh Ba and Cam Khe district of Phu Tho province in order to supply for consumption of the Cam Khe and Yen Lap district, including industrial demand of the Cam Khe town’s Industrial Zones, as well as economic demand of the Phu Tho province.
During implementation of the Sub-project, to ensure potential negative impacts shall be uncovered and minimized according to the WB policies of environment impact assessment (O/BP 4.01), an EMP of the Sub-project has been prepared suitable for the Environmental Management Framework’s instruction of the DEP. The EMP includes Sub-project description’ applied environmental legal/policy framework, regulations and standards, negative potential impacts, proposed minimize measures which shall be carried out in the pre-construction, construction and operation, and implementation arrangement stages. The EMP including the Environmental Code of Practices (ECOP) will be included into construction bidding documents and accompanied with the environmental monitoring.
According to the Vietnam Regulation, an EIA has been completed and approved by the Phu Tho PPC as a premise of the EMP (under the Approval No…., dated ……, See Appendix XI.6).
II. LEGAL/POLICY FRAMEWORK AND REGULATION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT
According to the World Bank’s guidelines for Applying Environmental Safeguards, the Sub- project is classified as a Category B project. For Category B projects, an EIA in the form of an EMP is usually sufficient. This EMP report follows both the World Bank’s safeguard policies and Vietnamese Government policies on environmental assessment.
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II.1. Vietnamese Legal/Policy Framework
The following laws and regulations are applied for subproject:
Law on Protection of the Environment No. 52/2005/QH11 passed by the National Assembly on November, 29th, 2005 regulates the obligations of individuals, organizations in protecting environment; Law on Water Resource No. 08/1998/QH10 dated 20 May, 1998; Decree of Government No. 80/2006/ND-CP dated 9 August, 2006 on guidance for implementation of Law on Protection of the Environment; Decree of Government No. 29/2011/ND-CP dated 18 April, 2006 regulating strategic environmental assessment, environmental impact assessment and environment protection commitment; Circular No.26/2011/TT-BTNMT dated 18 July, 2011 on guidance for Decree No.29/2011/ND-CP dated 18 April, 2011; Decree of Government No.106/2005/ND-CP dated 17 August, 2005 on guidance for Law on electricity relating to the protection of high-voltage networks; Decree of Government No.81/2009/ND-CP dated 12 October, 2009 amending some Article of Decree No.106/2005/ND-CP dated 17 August, 2005; Circular No.12/2011/TT-BTNMT dated 14 April, 2011 relating to hazardous waste management; Vietnam National Standard: QCVN01: 2009/BYT- national technical regulation on drinking water quality; QCVN02: 2009/BYT- national technical regulation on domestic water quality; QCVN08: 2008/BTNMT - national technical regulation on surface water quality; QCVN09: 2008/BTNMT - national technical regulation on ground water quality; QCVN05: 2009/BTNMT - air quality - Standard for ambient air quality; QCVN06: 2009/BTNMT - air quality - specified maximum allowable concentrations of certain hazardous substances in ambient air; Guidance of EVN No. 2623/CV-EVN - KHCN & MT dated 28 May, 2007 on management and pollution prevention and exposure to PCBs. II.2. The World Bank Safeguard Policies
The environmental screening according to criteria described in the EMF for DEP project has been carried out and the result shows that the WB policies on Environmental Assessment (OP 4.01) and Involuntary Resettlement (OP 4.12) are triggered for this subproject. The subproject has also to comply with the Bank’s requirements on public consultation and Information Disclosure Policy. The implementation of policy on Involuntary Resettlement (OP 4.12) is addressed in a separate safeguard document.
These policies have been considered and applied (in conjunction with Vietnamese policies, laws, decrees and circulars) during the preparation of the EMP for Sub-project.
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III. SUB-PROJECT DESCRIPTION AND SCOPE
III.1. Target of the Sub-project
110-kV Overhead Line and Substation of Cam Khe will be constructed in order to supply for consumption of the Cam Khe and Yen Lap district, including industrial demand of the Cam Khe town’s Industrial Zones, as well as economic demand of the Phu Tho province.
III.2. Sub-project location
Table 1 Location of ROW dimensions List communes where sub-station transmission lines come through, by district Son Tinh - Width: 15 m 12 communes/2 districts Name of commune, - Length: 17,223 m The communes of Dong Xuan, 110kV sub- Cam Khe Thanh Van, Hanh Cu, Vu Cau district - Height (average): stations 34 m; and Yen Khe, belong to Thanh and length Ba district; of ROW: - Area of ROW: 2 The communes of Tuy Loc, 258,345 m Phuong Xa, Phung Xa, Son Nga, Cap Dan, Xuong Thinh and Son Tinh belong to Cam Khe district Total substation area: 4350.68 m2, namely: - Substation area: 4286.71 m2; Total land area acquired 2 - Access road area: 63.97 m for sub-station construction and existing The expected substation area is used for planting land use cassava. (See the drawing of the substation plan in III.4.22 item herein below) III.3. Sub-project Management - Owner: NPC; - Manage and run the Sub-project: PMU; - The Consultant: A Branch of Power Investment and Construction Consulting Company, Ltd (ECC); - The operator of the Sub-Project: NGO.
III.4. Sub-project description III.4.1. 110-kV overhead line The 110-kV overhead line goes in a rather flat terrain, including the productive land areas. However, there will be the industrial zones here, so the power line should be prepared for many turning angle to prevent as mach as possible its impact on the industrial zones.
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III.4.1.1 The key features of the 110-kV overhead line - Length of the 110-kV overhead line of Cam Khe is 17,223m with 18 turning angles;
- Start point: tower No.32 of the 110-kV overhead line (feeder 172) supplying for 110-kV Dong Xuan substation; - End point: Gantry of the 110-kV Cam Khe substation; - Crossing Ha Noi – Lao Cai High Way : 01 time - Crossing National Road No.32 : 01 time - Crossing Provincial Road : 02 times - Crossing railway : 01 time - Crossing Commune Road: : 10 times - Crossing 35-kV overhead line : 04 times - Crossing 10-kV overhead line : 04 times - Crossing 0.4-kV overhead line : 09 times - Crossing communication overhead line : 09 times - Crossing the Red River : 1 time - Crossing the lagoon : 07 times - Crossing the irrigation channels : 14 times Terrain level of the power line: Grade III;
III.4.1.2 Sub-project description
Table 2 Sub-project Length No. Summary description areas (m) Dong Xuan From tower No.32 of the Feeder 172 to dead-end tower commune – NC1: 1 Thanh Ba 25.5 - The line goes on the tea hill; district – Phu - NC1 placed on the tea hill; Tho province. - No house in the ROW. Dong Xuan NC1 G1: commune – - The line goes on the tea hill; 2 Thanh Ba 147.9 - 2 times of crossing concrete road that going to Thanh Ba district – Phu substation; Tho province. - G1 placed on the tea hill next to the concrete road; - The kitchen of Mr. That is in the ROW.
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Sub-project Length No. Summary description areas (m) G1 G2: - The line goes on the tea hill; Dong Xuan - 1 time of crossing concrete road going to Thanh Ba commune – substation; 3 Thanh Ba 544.4 - Crossing the asphalt road; district – Phu - Crossing the 0.4-kV overhead line: 2 times; Tho province. - Crossing the 10-kV overhead line; - Crossing a 35-kV overhead line then going on the rice field, G2 is positioned in the rice field; - Crossing Mr. Tuyen’s garden. Dong Xuan G2 G3: commune – - Crossing Provincial Road 314 at Km 17+750 milestone; 4 Thanh Ba 402.9 - Crossing a communication line then goes to a tea hill; district – Phu - G3 placed in a tea hill; Tho province. - No house in the ROW. Hanh Cu G3 G4: commune – - The line goes on the hills where the tea and eucalyptus 5 Thanh Ba 601.8 planted; district – Phu - Crossing a pond; Tho province. - G4 placed in a eucalyptus hill. Hanh Cu G4 G5: commune – - The line goes on the tea hill; 6 Thanh Ba 1326.7 - Crossing 10-kV overhead line: 01 time; district – Phu - G5 placed on the tea hill; Tho province. - A house of Mr. Tuan has been in the ROW. G5 G6: - From a tea hill, the line going down and crossing a asphalt Hanh Cu road; commune – - Crossing a 0.4-kV overhead line; 7 Thanh Ba 581.2 - Crossing a 35-kV overhead line; district – Phu - Crossing two ponds; Tho province. - G6 positioned in a narrow garden with high slope; note that potential erosion here, it’s necessary to construct a stone embankment here to prevent the erosion. Hanh Cu commune and G6 G7: Yen Khe - From the garden goes through a flooded low field; 8 commune – 789.4 - Crossing a 0.4-kV overhead line, a lake, and a dyke then Thanh Ba going down a rice field; district – Phu - G7 positioned in a rice field; Tho province. - No house in the ROW.
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Sub-project Length No. Summary description areas (m)
Yen Khe and G7 G8: Vu Cau - The line going through the fields, crossing 05 channels commune – and a pathway; 9 1636.2 Thanh Ba - Crossing the Ha Noi – Lao Cai railway at milestone of district – Phu Km 119+650, crossing a railway communication line; Tho province. - G8 placed in a rice field; - No house in the ROW. G8 G9: Going on the filed then crossing the Red River: - Crossing three 35-kV overhead lines; Vu Cau - Crossing two communication lines; commune – - Crossing one 10-kV overhead line; Thanh Ba - Crossing one 0.4-kV overhead line; district and - Crossing three small ponds; 10 Tuy Loc 1523.6 - Crossing provincial dyke-road 320 at milestone of commune – Km55+425; Cam Khe - Crossing the Red River and National Road 32 at milestone district – Phu of Km 52+300; Tho province. - A house of Mt. Tuong and a house of CPC (Vu Cau commune) has been in the ROW; - G9 placed on a crop land. G9 G10: Going on the rice field: Tuy Loc - Crossing a communication line; commune - - Crossing one 0.4-kV overhead line; 11 Cam Khe 1094.9 - Crossing two 10-kV overhead lines; district – Phu - Crossing a pathway; Tho province. - G10 placed in a rice field; - No house in the ROW. Tuy Loc G10 G11: commune – - Crossing two ponds; 12 Cam Khe 130.5 - Crossing a communication line; district – Phu - G11 placed next o a pond; Tho province. - No house in the ROW. G11 G12: Going on the field: Tuy Loc and - Crossing a channel an a pond; Phuong Xa - Crossing two pathways; communes – 13 1010.7 - Crossing three channels; Cam Khe - Crossing one 10-kV overhead line; district – Phu - Crossing one 0.4-kV overhead line; Tho province. - G12 placed in a rice field; - No house in the ROW. Phuong Xa G12 G12A: Going on the field: commune – - Crossing a concrete road; 14 Cam Khe 841.2 - Crossing provincial road 321 at milestone of Km 15+400; district – Phu - Crossing a pathway and a channel; Tho province. - G12A placed in a rice filed; - No house in the ROW.
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Sub-project Length No. Summary description areas (m) Phuong Xa G12A G12B: and Phung Xa - Crossing the Noi Bai – Lao Cai Highway at milestone of communes – 15 242.4 km 83+620; Cam Khe - Crossing a pathway and a channel; district – Phu - G12B placed in a rice filed; Tho province. - No house in the ROW. Phung Xa, Son Nga, and Cap G12B G13: Going on the field: Dan - Crossing a system of lagoons and ponds where flooded in 16 communes – 3513.7 the rain season; Cam Khe - Crossing a pathway and a channel; district – Phu - G13 placed in a rice field; Tho province. - No house in the ROW. G13 G14: - Going on the low filed which flooded in the rain season; Cap Dan, - Crossing two pathways; Xuong Thinh - Crossing a pond and a lake; and Son Tinh - Crossing a communication line; 17 communes – 1751.5 - Crossing a 35-kV overhead line; Cam Khe - Crossing one 0.4-kV overhead line then going up a tea district – Phu hill; Tho province. - G14 placed on the tea hill; - An abandon house, grade 4, of Mr. Viet (Xuong Thinh commune) has been partly in the ROW. Xuong Thinh G14 G15: and Son Tinh - Going on a hill, crossing a pathway then going down a communes – 18 815.5 crop land Cam Khe - G15 placed in the crop land; district – Phu - One kitchen of Msr. Hoa, one kitchen of Mr. Hung Tho province. (Xuong Thinh commune) have been in the ROW. Son Tinh – G15 Dead-end NC2: Cam Khe 19 223.7 - Going through the crop land to the dead-end NC2 tower district – Phu next to the 110-kV Cam Khe substation; Tho province. - No house in the ROW.
III.4.2. 110-kV Substation
Based on the Decision No. 2365/QĐ-UBND, dated 21 July 2011 of Phu Tho PPC on issuance of “approving 110-kV ROW and position of 110-kV substation of Cam Khe”, the 110-kV substation will be positioned in Son Tinh commune – Cam Khe district. The position where the substation located is a flat crop land of cassava and next to the provincial and inter-commune roads, so it’s very suitable for construction and operation work.
III.4.2.1 Substation position features - North: borders on Son Tinh cassava field;
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- South: borders on the inter-commune road; - East: borders on Son Tinh cassava field; - West: borders on Son Tinh cassava field; - Terrain grade: II; - Soil Grade: IIIII. The substation position is 120-m far from the provincial road No. 313, besides that an inter-commune asphalt road is next to the substation (20-m apart). So that it’s very easy to access the substation as well as to transport the transformers and main equipments for it by land, and the access road construction quantity is not big. The substation is far away from the nearest residential area at a distance of about 300 m.
Total construction area: 4350.68 m2. In which: - Substation construction area: 4286.71 m2; - Access road area: 63.97 m2. III.4.3. Scale of the Sub-project III.4.3.1 110-kV OHL - Voltage: 110kV; - Number of circuits: 01 circuit, (except the Red River crossing span, this span should be stringed 02 circuits); - Start point: tower No.32, 172 feeder of the 110-kV Thac Ba – Dong Xuan overhead line; - End point: 110-kV Cam Khe Substation; - Length: 17,223m; - ROW width: 15m; - Conductor: 01 circuit of ACSR240/32 (for the Red River crossing span: 02 circuits of AACSR240/40, in particular); - Shield wire: 01 Optical Ground Wire Cables: OPGW57 (for the Red River crossing span: 01 Optical Ground Wire Cable of OPGW68 and 01 TK70 shield wire, in particular); - Tower: self-supporting, hot-dip galvanized steel, bolted connection; - Foundation: reinforced concrete, cast in-situ; - Grounding: solid grounding with the radial configuration of RS-2 and RS-4; - Affected households: their houses and/or auxiliary structures partially sit in the ROW area: 07 HHs and 01 house of the CPC; - The HHs whose productive land is in the ROW: 131 HHs; - Total permanent land acquisition: 5,745 m2; - Total temporary land acquisition: 77,550 m2; - Total ROW area (affected provisionally, may be used in some specific conditions): 258,345m2; ECC
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III.4.3.2 110-kV substation - Capacity: expected two transformers of (25+40) MVA, a 25-MVA transformer should be installed initially, the second (40-MVA) will be installed in future; - Rated voltage: + HV: 110kV; + MV: 35kV; + LV: 22kV. - Substation single line diagram: the 110-kV will be supplied via a 1-circuit 110-kV overhead line from an expected Phu Tho 220-kV substation. Meantime, the 110-kV Cam Khe should be supplied via a 1-circuit 110-kV overhead line which tapped from the Thac Ba – Dong Xuan 110-kV over head line. The 110-kV Cam Khe substation’s busbar configuration is below: + At 110-kV side: use a single busbar system with the outdoor switch devices; + At 35-kV side: use a single busbar configuration, all indoor complex cabinet that equipped switches and protection devices should be installed, including 04 output feeder cabinets; + At 22-kV side: use a sectionalized busbar configuration; the indoor complex cabinet that equipped switches and protection devices should be used; - Total permanent acquisition land: 4350.68 m2. - Water supply: A drilled well shall be positioned next to the operation house. Each room of the operation house shall be equipped a 1000-liter stainless steel vase placed on the roof-floor. The water pumped from the well to the vases via galvanized steel tubes. - Drainage: Life waste water shall be carried to an underground septic tank placed under the latrine floor. After going through sedimentation and filter system of the digestion tank, waste water shall be carried to the substation drainage. With regard to water in the overflow oil tank: it shall be extracted from the oil which overflows due to a high temperature oil problem, then to be carried into the substation drainage system. - Preventing/Fighting Fire System: The substation must be equipped with specialized devices according to the prevailing regulation of the preventing/fighting fire, namely: + Fire alarm: at the transformer field must to prepare alarm button and bell; a special hot line must be prepared to contact with the local police fireman;
+ The fighting fire devices for the electric equipments: CO2 extinguishers; + The fighting fire devices for the oil environment: chemical agent extinguishers and dried sand...
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+ The fighting fire devices for the power transformer: the transformer must be installed fighting fire devices inside itself, besides that the dried sand, foaming and CO2 extinguishers may be used; + Sure that the fire truck easily to access the site; + Train and practice frequently preventing/fighting fire work for each operator; + Manage and maintain regularly operation of the substation fire team; + Always inspect the fire alarm and fighting fire devices.
III.4.4. Main construction work of the Sub-project III.4.4.1 110-kV OHL - Voltage: 110kV; Table 3 No. Items Unit Quantity Notes 1 Removing the plant m2 79,410 2 Foundation excavation m3 23,634 3 Backfilling m3 19,408 Embanking of foundation protection 4 m3 18,695 block 5 M100 lining concrete m3 669 6 M200 reinforced concrete, cast in-situ m3 3,557 7 Hot-dip galvanized steel structures Ton 510 8 Processing reinforcement steel Ton 409 III.4.4.2 110-kV Substation Table 4 No. Items Unit Quantity Notes 1 Removing the plant m2 4,351 2 Foundation excavation m3 2,485.6 3 Backfilling m3 1,832.6 4 Embanking of substation base m3 114 5 M100 lining concrete m3 109 6 M200 reinforced concrete, cast in-situ m3 544 7 Hot-dip galvanized steel structures Ton 16,6 8 Processing reinforcement steel Ton 18,5
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III.5. The activities during pre-construction and construction phase
III.5.1. The main activities
- Implementation of compensation for site clearance; - Receiving site plan, to construct storage/yard and tent; - Mobilize human/materials recourses and equipment into the site; - Leveling, construct substation access road; - Construct substation, operation house, excavate foundation pits of transformer, supporting pillars of equipment and busbar system, erect pillars, and install transformer and equipments... - Construct gate and fence of the substation... - Excavate foundation pits of the towers, cast the reinforced concrete foundation, erect and install the towers, stringing and sagging the conductor and shield wire... III.5.2. Transporting equipment/material into construction site
III.5.2.1 Equipment/material supplying source of the Sub-project
- Transformer: provided from Ha Noi; - Circuit breakers, disconnectors, valve arresters, electric panels and other equipments: imported from foreign sources, provided from Ha Noi; - Conductors, cables, insulators, and accessories: imported from foreign sources, provided from Ha Noi; - Steel towers, anchor bolts and other construction steel structures: provided from the specialized workshops in Ha Noi; - Reinforcement steel, grounding steel: provided from the local sources, processed in the Contractor workshop; - Sand, macadam, cement, and other construction materials supplied from the local sources; - Water for construction and life: purchased from the local sources; - Electricity for construction: supplied from the local net work and diesel generator. III.5.2.2 Transporting equipments and materials
Long-distance transporting The long-distance transporting will be applied for the material/equipment which provided from the Ha Noi sources. We intend to two main storages: the first located in the substation area, Son Tinh commune, the second in the Dong Xuan commune (start point of the line). The material/equipment will be carried by the trucks, from Ha Noi via the National Road No.32 and Provincial Road No.313 to the storage No.1; from Ha Noi via the National Road No.2 and Provincial Road No.312 to the storage No.2. The average transporting distance is 120 km..
Medium-distance transporting inside of the construction site
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The materials, such as steel towers, conductors and cables, and accessories,…must be carried from the main storages to gathering points along the ROW (before to be manually carried into tower positions) through the provincial and district roads; the average transporting distance is 5 km;
Transversal transporting into construction position Material/equipment should be carried from the gathering points into each tower position by hand and/or semi-manually. The average transporting distance is 400m. III.5.3. Human resource, storage/yard and tent
III.5.3.1 110-kV OHL Length of the 110-kV OHL is 17,223 m with 60 towers. Based on the specialized power construction companies’ ability, a construction time of eight (08) months is provided. Staff of specialized construction of power line is:
▫ Direct staff : 90 personnel ▫ Indirect staff : 10 personnel ▫ Construction command : 08 personnel The linemen, including 03 teams, will hire houses from local people to stay during construction time; therefore no tent will be built. The substation-men will stay at their tent in the substation area. Storage/tent: a main storage/yard shall be located in Dong Xuan commune for Red River left bank line section; another shall be located in Son Tinh commune for Red River right bank line section, and depending on the specific conditions, the second may be located in the substation area for both line and substation works.
III.5.3.2 110-kV substation Temporary storage/yard for construction will be placed in the substation area (standby bay) in form of movable structures: masonry brick foundation, pole and roof rafter made of timber/steel, roof made of steel or fibro-cement, walls made of plywood or ply-bamboo, floor is cement rendering. It’s sure that all according to the life/industrial hygiene regulations.
Staff of specialized construction of substation is:
▫ Direct staff : 60 personnel ▫ Indirect staff : 07 personnel ▫ Construction command : 05 personnel III.6. Schedule and General Estimation of the Sub-project
III.6.1. Sub-project schedule Based on the power supply requirements and the ability of investor, expected construction schedule and time to put into operation as follows: ECC
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- Time for performing investment preparation: 02 months; - Time for procurement of supplies and equipment: 03 months; - Time for construction: 06 months; - Time for experiments and completion: 02 months;
Time for implementing all above stages may be arranged alternately with the total time of project construction, completing construction, and starting operation, therefore it may take a shortcut of time and real total time may be 8 months only. III.6.2. General Estimation of the Sub-project
Summary of General Estimation counted in 10/2011 as follows:
Table 5 Counter-part No. Items WB Fund Subtotal Fund 1 Construction cost 70,449,067,267 7,044,906,727 77,493,974,000
2 Equipment cost 23,951,516,280 2,395,151,628 26,346,668,000 Cost for compensation of 3 2,266,046,000 2,266,046,000 clearing and resettlement 4 Management cost 1,568,322,000 1,568,322,000
5 Consultant cost 6,603,048,000 6,603,048,000
6 Others 6,024,932,000 6,024,932,000
7 Contingency 12,030,299,000 12,030,299,000
Total 94,400,583,547 37,932,705,355 132,333,289,000
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IV. SUMMARY OF NATURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS OF THE SUB-PROJECT
IV.1. Geographical position Phu Tho is a province in northeastern Vietnam. It is delimited by the provinces of Tuyen Quang and Yen Bai in the North, Son La in the West, Hoa Binh to the South, and Vinh Phuc to the East. Viet Tri city is a center of administration, economy, and culture, where is 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Hanoi and 50 kilometers (31 miles) from the Noi Bai International Airport. Geographical position:
- Northern Pole: 2143’ North latitude (belongs to Dong Khe commune – Doan Hung district); - Southern Pole: 2055’ North latitude (belongs to Yen Son commune – Thanh Son district); - Eastern Pole: 10527’ East longitude (belongs to River Lo commune – Viet Tri city); - Western Pole: 10448’ East longitude (belongs to Thu Cuc commune – Tan Son district); Thanh Ba is a northwest mountain district of Phu Tho; bounded by Doan Hung in the northeast, by Ha Hoa in the northwest, Cam Khe in the southwest, by Tam Nong in the south, by Phu Tho Town and Phu Ninh in the southeast. Cam Khe is a northwest half-delta half-mountain district of Phu Tho; bounded by Ha Hoa in the north, by Tam Nong in the south, by Phu Tho Town and Thanh Ba in the east, by Yen Lap in the west.
IV.2. Climate, Terrain, and Soil
IV.2.1. Climate Phu Tho is located in the subtropical monsoon region. The province has recorded average temperature of 23.5°C (74.3°F); the highest temperature and the lowest temperatures recorded have been 29°C (84°F) (July) and 15°C (59°F) (February), respectively. The average rainfall varies between 1,600 millimeters (63 in) and 1,800 millimeters (71 in). Humidity is high during the monsoon season from May to October with the annual average figure of 85%; in the dry season it goes below 80%. Precipitation is in the form of rainfall, most of it falling during the monsoon period. Most of the rain usually falls between April and September. ECC
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IV.2.2. Terrain Phu Tho is a mountain/midland province with most area includes mountains and hills, the rest are flat areas which are scattered. In general, the terrain is separate, including two main regions: high mountain region in the West and South, and low separate hill with flat areas located alternately and delta string along shore of Red River, right bank of Lo River and left bank of Day River. Thanh Ba and Cam Khe belongs to the second region.
IV.2.3. Soil Based on the recent investigation results, Phu Tho soil includes following groups: - Red/yellow ferralsols grow on the schist layer with area of 116,226.27 ha (66.97% of investigated area); - Normal soil at elevation of 100-m, with thick layers, high slope, heavy mechanical components and a lot of humus.
IV.3. Natural resources
IV.3.1. Soil resource Total natural area of Phu Tho is 3,519.56 km2; in which only around 54.8% of potential agriculture/forest land has been used. Unused land is about 81.2 thousands ha, in which mountain/hill area is 57.68 thousands ha. In general, utility coefficient is low. Area of Thanh Ba: 195.0343 km². Area of Cam Khe: 234.23 km².
IV.3.2. River Three large rivers flow through the province: the Red, Lo and Black (Da) rivers, which ensure a plentiful source of water serving daily life as well as industrial purposes. The total length of these three river systems is 200 km through the province and the area drained is 5,000 square kilometers (1,900 sq mi). The annual surface water resources in the province in its river systems has been assessed as 42,000,000,000 cubic meters.
IV.3.3. Mineral resources The mineral resources recorded in Phu Tho province are kaolin, feldspar, spirit ores, stone and gravel sand for construction and mineral water. Phu Tho isn’t a rich of mineral resources, however it owns some valuable, such as kaolin, feldspar, stone and gravel sand for construction and mineral water. Besides that, there are some mineral, namely: quartzite, limestone, pyrite, tantalum… In Cam Khe there are following mines: white clay of Thuy Tram, cement-clay of Tien Luong and Cap Dan, kaolin of Tien Luong, and brown coal of Tien Luong;
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In Tanh Ba there are following mines: coal, limestone, and fireproof substance of Tham Mountain, Ninh Dan, and Vu Yen…
IV.4. Population, Economy, and Culture/Society
IV.4.1. Population The province has one town municipality, ten rural districts, five precincts, nine district-level towns and 181 communes. According to the General Statistics Office of the Government of Vietnam, the population of Phu Tho Province as of 2008 was 1,364,700 with a density of 387 persons per square kilometer over a total land area of 3,528.1 square kilometers (1,362.2 sq mile). It is one of the least populated provinces in the northern midlands and mountain areas of Vietnam. The male population at this time was 660,200 with females accounting for 704,500. The rural population was 1,146,700 against an urban population of 218,000 (about 20% of the rural population). The average population density is 3,706 per km2 except Viet Tri City, where it is 21,042 per km2. Ethnic Vietnamese (Kinh), Muong, Dao and San Chay are the dominant ethnic groups among 21 groups which live in the province. The Kinh: 85.89% of the total population. Population of Thanh Ba: 112,589 people, including: Kinh, Dao, Cao Lan; Population of Cam Khe: 130.000 people, all of Kinh. No ethnic minority live in the Sub-project area.
IV.4.2. Economy Agriculture is most important component of Economy of Phu Tho in general and Thanh Ba, and Cam Khe in particular. Nowadays, industrial, service, and tourism business tend to increase in the local economy. GDP of Phu Tho is 1320 USD in 2009.
IV.4.3. Culture and Society Phu Tho has a bright age-old culture. The Archaeological sites of Son Vi, Dong Dau, Lang Ca, as well as many temples, pagodas, and remains in Phong Chau district show that a culture center of Viet people was here. The important historical monuments are Hung King Temple and Au Co National Mother Temple. No historical monument, culture/social work, or army base locate in the Sub-project area.
IV.4.4. Traffic Phu Tho has a suitable position, it is an important traffic center of Vietnam and international region; there are some important roads: - National Highway No.2 links five provinces and cities: Ha Noi, Vinh Phuc, Phu Tho, Tuyen Quang, and Ha Giang with total length of 313 km;
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- National Highway No.32 links four provinces and cities: Ha Noi, Phu Tho, Yen Bai, and Lai Chau with total length of 417 km; - National Highway No.70 links four provinces and cities: Phu Tho, Yen Bai, and Lao Cai, with total length of 190 km, goes along the left bank of Red River from three-way crossroads of Doan Hung to Lao Cai province; - National Highway Ha Noi – Lao Cai, 264 km in length, from Ha Noi to Lao Cai; this road is a part of the Asia Highway 14 (AH14), links five provinces and cities: Ha Noi, Vinh Phuc, Phu Tho, Yen Bai, and Lao Cai, then links to Chinese National Con Minh – Ha Khau Highway. This road also belongs to Development of Traffic infrastructure Project of Con Minh – Ha Noi – Hai Phong Economy Corridor; - Ho Chi Minh Highway: the main route of HCM Highway going through the Phu Tho area is planning for construction; - The substation position is 120-m far from the provincial road No. 313, besides that a inter-commune asphalt road is next to the substation (20-m apart). So that it’s very easy to access the substation as well as to transport the transformers and main equipments for it by land, and the access road construction quantity is not big.
IV.4.5. Electricity At present, all districts of Phu Tho are supplied from the National Network. Cam Khe: 31/31 communes supplied from the National Network; Thanh Ba: 26/26 communes supplied from the National Network;
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V. IDENTIFICATION OF THE SUB-PROJECT POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
V.1. Identification of potential impacts of Sub-project
- The Project development objective of the Distribution Efficiency Project is to improve the efficiency of Vietnam’s Power Corporations in delivering power distribution and retail supply services, through supply and demand side interventions. As part of this efficiency objective, the project will support enhancements in the regulatory framework.
- The Sub-project shall be constructed in Thanh Ba and Cam Khe district of Phu Tho province in order to supply for consumption of the Cam Khe and Yen Lap district, including industrial demand of the Cam Khe town’s Industrial Zones, as well as economic demand of the Phu Tho province.
Beside the significant beneficial impacts, the Sub-project may cause different adverse impacts on the environment and local socio-economy. By using Environmental Screening Data Checklist as guided in Framework for Applying Environment Safeguards to DEP and Sub-project, the potential impacts of the Sub-project are described in Table 6 below.
V.2. Table 6- Environmental Screening of the Sub-project’s impacts Screening questions Yes No Description of impacts I. Project's sitting: Is the Sub-Project site adjacent to or within any of the following environmental sensitive areas? 1. Cultural heritage X site 2. Protected areas X Under the text of the Ramsar Convention (Article 1.1), wetlands and their dependants, the waterfowl are defined as: 1.1.1. “…wetlands are areas of marsh, fen, peatland or water, whether natural or artificial, permanent or temporary, with water that is static or flowing, fresh, 3. Wetland X brackish or salt, including areas of marine water the depth of which at low tide does not exceed six metres”; 1.1.2. “…waterfowl are birds ecologically dependent on wetlands”. The 110-kV line section of G12B to G13, namely
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Screening questions Yes No Description of impacts from tower 44 to 51 tower (G13), it goes next to the fen area of Dong Men of Cap Dan commune (the fen area is about 25ha, it exhausted in the dry season; in the rain season, it’s 1.5m2m in depth of water). By the Ramsar classification, the area belongs to the “Palustrine” group, it may be recommended as a “Fen” area with very few plant nutrients. In fact, the fen is unused, and it’s not mentioned in any lists of locations that necessary to be protected its economy/ecological value is low: with only some kinds of aquatic plant such as wild grass/alga which grows in here, and the local old farmers said that no kinds of waterfowl and/or other animal who live in here or migrate to here. The leaders of the Cap Dan commune said that due to people living depends on the agricultural production, furthermore lack of productive soil, so that the local authorities and people have been in the process of their “wise use” of the area; it means converting this area into the land to cultivate rice. Therefore, the area shall not become a natural ecologic environment for the local flora and fauna. In other hand, the OHL only goes along the bank of this area, excluding two foundations placed near the fen bank, then its impacts on the area are minor; From G5 to G6, the OHL goes through the old Chinh Cong Lake (at present this area has converted into the productive land for cultivating rice) and there are some line sections go through the rice field where only submerged during period of transplanting; In general, the impacts on the area are minor. 4. Forest X 5. Estuary X
6. Buffer zone of X Protected areas 7. Nature reserves like bird yard, X mangrove forest
Since the Dong Men area is not mentioned in any lists of locations that necessary to be protected as well as a natural ecologic environment, nevertheless it still impacts negatively on the cultivation process of the area: “…the crops are flooded by the Dong Men’s flow impact…”; therefore, the local authority has acted to rehabilitate the Dong Men area: “there are 25 ha of Dong Men area always to be flooded, the commune authority has mobilized the man power to dredge the irrigation channels and pump to drain off the water in order of serving the cultivation but there are still 10 ha which are flooded an not available for cultivation now...” – Source: from Phu Tho Newspaper, in an article of author Cao Khoi: “The Cap Dan commune needs an effort to overcome difficulties”, published in 28, February, 2012.
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Screening questions Yes No Description of impacts etc. 8. Rivers and The OHL crosses the Red River, with a crossing span is reservoirs 986m (the river width is 617m). However, two crossing X towers placed rather far away from the river banks: 100m and 250m in distance from the towers to river banks; so no negative impacts. 9. Canals and irrigation There are 14 times of crossing the irrigation channels which are small and belong to interior channel system. system X However, the towers placed far away from the channels at least 50-m in distance. II. Will the Project cause: 2 10. Removal of - Total cleared area: 79,410 m ; vegetation cover or - ROW width: 15m; cut down of trees - ROW length: 17,223m; resulted from - Type of trees/vegetation to be removed: tea, bean, clearance at the peanut, rice, timber and others; sub-station and - The trees within ROW, if distance from their highest along ROW? top to the lowest conductor is less than 3-m, must be X cut; the trees outside ROW, in case of they fall, if distance from any part or them to any part of the OHL is less than 1-m, they must be cut too; - 800 eucalyptus / acacia may be cut; - 16,550 m2 of tea, 4,850 m2 of pea/peanut, 57,035 m2 of rice, and 1,690 m2 of cassava may be affected; - However, using mitigation measures, the impacts may be minimized as much as possible.
11. Fragmentation of Existing road/pathway must be reused strictly; no flora/fauna habitats access road will be made. due to easier access by human beings? 12. Disfiguration of Existing overall landscape is open, the project is landscape? designed in compliant with the local planning, and thus X the transmission line would not cause any cross-cut in sites having beautiful landscape. 13. Health risk due to explosive and X No explosive/chemical used for The Sub-project. chemical? 14. Risk of culture and - ROW and substation do not go through or locate at history? any area of culture/history/community; X - In case of chance finding and to meet antiques, cultural/historic monuments…, the Contractor must be accordant with the regulations of item 11, Table 7, discovering the history, culture, religion relics. 15. Explosive materials X The Sub-project may be carried out within a area where
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Screening questions Yes No Description of impacts left from war was battlefield; however 36 years have been flown, the area has been harnessed to construct many structures, so chance of bomb/explosive left after war is not much; however PMU will contract with an Army Corps of Engineers to detect and disarm all explosive materials left from war. 16. Degradation of - 110-kV OHL crossing the Red River and a number surface water of ponds, lakes, lagoons, irrigation channels and rice quality at sources fields. These surface water can be more turbid due nearby construction to the soil residue from excavation of the tower sites due to runoff foundation will enter to the water bodies by water from run off; excavation/leveling - Towards line sections go through the low hills or workers’ camp? (G3G5), a potential for surface water degradation X is low because the surface water sources located only in the flat area; - For the remaining sections, the line goes through the flat ground; however, most of tower foundations are far from water bodies, excluding only two foundations placed near the lagoon. Therefore a pollution risk of surface water is low; - The impact on surface water is not considerable and may be able to minimize. 17. Increase - 110-kV OHL goes through the flat area covered with erosion/landslide wild small trees and thin plant layers, the surface risks? water is no able to erode. There would be no erosion and sedimentation caused by earthworks; - Excavated soil shall be carefully kept for backfill afterwards. X - Time for excavation is short: around 3 to 4 months; - Only position G6 located next to a slope, it must carry out to construct a stone wall to prevent erosion from here; - The impact is not considerable and may be able to minimize. 18. Increase dust level? The air quality can be effected by: - Dust generated from soil excavation for foundation, especially during dry season, however, the project area is mainly crop land. Thus, this impact is at low level; only significant in the dry season. It is X temporary and will be disappeared after the construction stage; - Transportation of material and equipment are considerable. This will cause the dust and air pollution as well; but trucks for material need to be covered during transportation;
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Screening questions Yes No Description of impacts - Exhaust gas (such as SOx, NOx, CO, etc.): impacts of exhaust gas on the environment quality is insignificant since the concentration of discharging sources is not great and amount of exhaust gas discharged is not much. It is temporary and will be disappeared after the construction stage; - Sub-Project is carried out far from residential and urban areas, so air pollution will not much affect the human living in the Sub-Project area; - The line sections which may be affected: G1G3, G5G6, G8G11, G13TBA; - Number of objects may be able affected: about 80100 HHs and travelers. 19. Increase noise level - Noise and vibration are caused by: equipment, or vibration? material transportation, project's vehicles, pole's erection and cable's pulling, generators (if any); - The 110-kV OHL and substation is being far from residential area as well as center of the township or communes. However, along the power line are houses which might be affected by noise and vibration. - The line sections may be affected: G1G3, G5G6, G8G11, G13Substation; - Affected HHs: about 80100 HHs; X - Main of work will be done manually or small scale machines. Duration of construction for each site at tower's foundation is short: 2 or 3 days for foundation excavation, 5 days for pouring concrete; 1 or 2 days for cable pulling, stringing. The noise and vibration (if there are any) will be caused only during very short of time in each foundation position; - Due to the above-mentioned assessment, the noise and vibration impacts of the Sub-Project are considered as minor. 20. Damage or - Transportation of construction material may cause degradation of damage to the existing rural roads; local roads, bridges - Some of the Sub-Project sites having only un- or other rural asphalted roads, such as pathways, tracks, paths at infrastructures? edge of rice field, for examples sections crossing hills with tea trees, cassava, crossing ponds, X lagoons, where the materials (steel towers, cement, sand, macadam,…) must be divided into smaller parts to easy carry and carried by hand or wheelbarrows. Therefore, no degradation of roads will be occurred in the roads with poor conditions; - The trucks which carry main materials (tower, ECC
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Screening questions Yes No Description of impacts equipments) and super long/super heavy (transformer) will run via good asphalt roads, such as National Highway, inter-provincial/district roads, and transportation frequency only slightly increase in a short time, so impacts are minor. - At the present lime, in the Sub-Project area local communes play an active role in rural road management. Heavy loaded vehicles are not-allowed to enter the roads. The Contractor need to follow the local regulation and manage their transportation of construction materials to avoid damage the rural road system. 21. Local sanitation problem resulted - No camps, hire local house for workers with agreement of the local authority; from construction X wastes and wastes - Obey local regulations on security. Sanitary and generated from environment protection camping site? 22. Permanent land 1- Total land area acquisition: 14,020.68 m2, in which: acquisition is - Substation: 4,350.68 m2; land for planting cassava; required? - Foundations of 110-kV OHL: 5745 m2; land for planting tea, rice, other farm produce, garden, and unused; 2- Land for ROW: 258,345 m2; X - In fact, this land is not fully acquired, but no permission of planting the trees too high (distance from their highest top to the lowest conductor must be greater than 3-m), as well as the houses and structures will not be planted within the ROW until which must be accordant with the GOV regulations of ROW safety. 2 23. Temporary land Total land area acquisition for stringing: 264,926 m ; acquisition is In which: 2 required? - Rice land: 53,450 m ; - Other farm produce land: 6,540 m2; X - Garden, hill land (for tea, eucalyptus and acacia): 19,250 m2; - Unused public land: 179,376 m2; - Unused lagoon surface: 8,000 m2. 24. Household resettlements are X No resettlement required? 25. Access to the Access to the surroundings of the sub-project is not X surroundings of the affected by construction of the Sub-project. sub-project is
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Screening questions Yes No Description of impacts damaged? 26. Traffic/agricultural - Transportation of material and equipment will production disturb the normal traffic in the areas during short disturbance? period of time; - The substation is located in an open area, the transportation of construction materials is generally easy due to relatively developed traffic system in the sub-project area; - The transportation of main materials and equipments from Ha Noi to the sub-project area will not exceed the capacity of the existing traffic flow of the National Highway/provincial roads and local roads X in the area; - The agricultural production may be disturbed in case of the construction is carried out in the crop duration; - There is a long crossing span (around 1000m) of Red River, therefore it’s necessary to pause the river transportation on the Red River to pull and string conductors. - Before carrying out construct the crossing span of railway/National Highway, it must be stop the local traffic within half an hour or one hour. 27. Localized flooding - The substation is designed with a good drainage in surrounding the system and located within an area with good natural substation site due drainage, therefore to be sure of draining off water X to excavation or for the substation as well as the surroundings. leveling? - Excavation of each tower foundation is minor and local and does not impact on the surroundings. 28. Potential for - The conflicts might cause by difference in incomes conflict between cause by difference in incomes, cultures, and construction behaviors. However, the local people should be workers and local hired, as much as possible for simple works, only peoples or specialized teams are from outside, each team increased risk of includes around 20 to 30 personnel. On the other disease hand, the most of outside workers are descended dissemination (e.g. from the farmer/country so that no much difference HIV/AIDS etc) in culture and behavior, so all of these figures X between reveals that the risk of conflict is not very high and construction serious. workers and local - Sub-Project activities are carried out in quite peoples? developed area. Number of workers is small in comparison with local population; - Project duration is short, so the duration of workers staying at site is short (8 months). This problem (if any) will not last for long time. The impact therefore considered as minor negative. ECC
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Screening questions Yes No Description of impacts 29. Accident risks for - Accidents might happen during construction if the workers and safety issues are not well considered; community during - Accidents might occur during soil excavation. cable X construction phase? pulling or tower erecting; - Accidents can be happened to workers and to the local people in the Sub-project area. 30. Cause Safety risks Power transmission towers will not be located near an to Aircraft X airport or known flight paths. Navigation? 31. Safety/health risks - No toxic substance is used for the Project. From related to the 1995. EVN banned import of PCBs containing operations of equipment and oil. Therefore no PCBs containing substations and/or equipment will be purchased and used for the Sub- transmission lines? project; - No Sub-project component is related to remove or replacement of electrical equipment. Therefore there will not be risk with handling with PCBs containing X equipment; - However, during operation phase of the substation, some chemical may be used, such as: acid, insulation oil, greasing substance,…the chemical must be registered and managed according to Circular No. 12/2011/TT-BTNMT, dated 14/1/2011 by MONRE regulate management of damage waste. - Electric shock and accidents occurring if the proper safety issues are not paid proper attention. 32. Electro-magnetic The line is designed. operated and managed complying forces cause with the prevailing safety regulations, namely: disturbance to - Profession standard of allowable EMF and rules of radio/TV waves inspection of workplace which promulgated with etc? X Decision No. 183NL/KHKT, 12/4/1994; - Decree No. 81/2009/NĐ-CP; To ensure that: - EMF < 5 kV/m outdoor; EMF < 1 kV/m indoor. 33. Risk of electric Transformer/electric equipment may cause problems and fire/explosion and oil flood; therefore, X fire/explosion? preventing/fighting fire devices and oil flood tank must be equipped. According to the environmental screening results, obviously, the Sub-project is classified as a Category B project.
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VI. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN
VI.1. Mitigation measures of environmental negative impacts Table 7 No. Impacts Mitigation measures applied Responsibility I Pre-construction phase - Careful site survey, consult with local ECC and local peoples for optimum route selection. authority - Inform affected HHs about Permanent and PMU and local temporary land acquisition; authority Permanent and - Proper compensate the impacts (conforms to 1 temporary policy and regulation of Vietnam and WB); land acquisition - Arrange the construction work appropriately to minimize the temporary land acquirement. - Select construction times (after finishing the crop) to avoid or minimize crop loss. Removal of - Minimize land clearing by planning for Contractor, PMU vegetation cover or installation of transmission/distribution lines and local cut down of trees above existing vegetation; authority resulted from - Utilize hand clearing of vegetation if clearance at the possible. Save as much vegetation as sub-station and possible. Careful manage cutting trees. Cut along ROW only trees within the ROW when distance from their top to lowest conductor is less than 2 3m; - Avoid mechanical clearing or herbicide use; - Do not fire cleared trees and branches; - Carry out the safety procedures to prevent hazard of downing trees; - Dispose at established dump site; - During clearing, must contact with the affected HHs in order of mitigation of impacts and carry out compensation. Explosive - Contract with Army Corps of Engineers to - PMU, and materials left from detect and disarm all explosive materials left Contractor war from war. - Monitored by the Natural 3 resources and Environment Department of Phu Tho II Construction phase 1 Loss of agricultural - Carry out the construction work after harvest Contractor
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No. Impacts Mitigation measures applied Responsibility production time; due to permanent - Compensate for the loss of agricultural and temporary productivity; acquisition of - Return the construction areas to the useful productive state after the work. land. Degradation of - Soil excavation and ground leveling need to Contractor surface water be carried out in the shortest period; quality at sources - Ground leveling will not be carried out in nearby rainy days; construction sites - Construction material will be kept in the due to runoff from store with cover to protect from rain. Cover excavation/leveling or isolate stockpiles, create drainage paths or workers’ camp surrounding the stockpiles to prevent granular materials from entering runoff and finally coming into nearby surface water sources; 2 - Select a right place for concrete mixing, prevent construction waste water from going to the surrounding rice field; - Remaining soil and solid waste after construction need to be removed from the construction site (remaining soil can be used for garden filling; other construction debris need to remove to the allowed places); - Design proper latrine and water treatment systems at camping sites of workers in the substation area. Increase air - Insure all machines using internal Contractor pollution and dust combustion engines has and maintains level valid operating permits throughout the project schedule. Minimize use of diesel generator (if there is any). 3 - Insure all trucks transporting dusty materials to/from the site are covered. - Use wind fences in case of strong wind; - Minimize the construction time; - Spray water for dusty areas (construction site, roads etc.) during hot, dry, windy conditions. Material storages - Location of storing material must be specified - Contractor and sources in a approved details design; - Construction - The local supplier who provide material for supervisor sub-project must have the certification of 4 construction material exploitation and business; - After finishing the sub-project, all storages/yards must be returned to the approximate original state.
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No. Impacts Mitigation measures applied Responsibility Noise and - Use the construction machines that have Contractor vibration noise level under permitted limits; - Encourage drivers not to abuse horns in vehicle; - No construction work is allowed to carry out during evening time. If it is necessary to 5 carry out work during evening time, the contractor should ask for permission from local authorities and affected communities; - In fact, only the crossing span of Red River and National Highway No.32 need to carry out at night, however these places are far from the residential and sensitive areas. Damage or - Arrangement of material trucks should be Contractor degradation of reasonable with the tolerance of the road local roads, bridges system in order to avoid landslides, road or other rural damage and affecting the local traffic and the infrastructures rice field; - In case of road damage, contractor have to be responsible for repairing and returning the good condition of roads and other degrading rural infrastructures due to the sub-project activities - The vehicles used for the project is not 6 overloaded. With oversize/overload equipments, it must be divided into smaller parts (if any), for example: the steel tower may be divided into bars, sand, macadam, and cement may be carried bay the small trucks…; - In fact, only the 110-kV transformer is overload/oversize, it is necessary to use specialized vehicles to carry it; however, it will be carried on the good roads such as National Highway No.32 and provincial road No.313 and it may not degrade the roads. Traffic disturbance - Install and maintain the warning signs in Contractor construction sites; - Minimize the duration of traffic disruption. Arrange worker to instruct traffic when materials/equipment are being unloaded at roadside and/or lines are being installed 7 along the road; - Cooperate with local authority for traffic arrangement; - Limit velocity of the construction trucks; - Do not stop in the main roads; - In case of river traffic in the Red River:
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No. Impacts Mitigation measures applied Responsibility contact with the river traffic management office and inform relevant offices, local authorities, owner of boats and local people at least 05 days in advance about duration need to pull/string cables across the Red River. Potential for - Hire the local citizens for the simple Contractor and conflict between construction work to avoid the conflict Owner construction between construction workers and local workers and local peoples and influx of migrants; peoples or - With open communication and information, increased risk the People's Committee and Contractor will be able to make a joint correct decision about the management of construction team accommodation; 8 - Inform local CPC prior to the commencement of construction phase. Request CPC to coordinate with the Employer and Contractor in encouraging community to participate in environmental monitoring activities and to timely report/address environmental concerns; - Workers coming from other places need to be registered with local authority for their staying in the area. Potential for Popularize/propagate about the Contractor disease disease/contagion, HIV/AIDS and prevention dissemination (e.g. methods for the workers and local people. HIV/AIDS etc) 9 between construction workers and local peoples? Health and safety 1- General requirements: Contractor - Inform the workers about the safety regulation applied for the implement the safety regulations; - Equip safety facilities for workers; - Provide first aid kids to each construction camp site; 10 - Install warning signs in dangerous places (holes for foundation; risk of electrical shock ... ); - The Contractor must carry out the short training for workers on safety issues and environmental guarantee before they start to work for the Sub-project; - Install signs and banners reminding of the
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No. Impacts Mitigation measures applied Responsibility regulations on EP and safety; monitor implementation. 2- Energized lines: - Only the workers who are trained and awarded the certification of specialized electrical works of line, cable, substation and equipment to be used; - Prior to carrying out connection or to work on/near the power line, it must be de- energized and grounded safely; - Ensuring that all works relevant to an energized line must be performed by the trained linemen and they must comply with all regulations of safety. These workers must have ability of: Discriminating an energized conductor from other parts of a transmission/distribution system; Knowing the voltage level of an energized conductor; Knowing the minimum distances of safety for all voltage level; Using appropriately all safety equipments as well as the safety procedure during working on/near the energized line/equipment/part of the transmission/distribution system; - Even a trained worker is not allowed to access any energized/conductive part until he being: Safely insulated from the energized parts by insulation gloves or other insulation methods, or: The energized part had been insulated from the worker and other conductive parts, or: The worker had been insulated/isolated safely from the conductive parts (such as an energized conductor/cable); In case of the safety minimum distances are required during operation and/or maintenance, so a specific training of safety measures and equipments must be determined in a plan to ensure the health/safety. 3- Working in high towers/poles and structures: - Inspection of structure strength prior to
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No. Impacts Mitigation measures applied Responsibility working; - Implementation of anti-falling measures, including training of climbing technical, using the saving equipments below, replacing the damaged equipments, and first-aid activity of falling down people…; - Installation of the equipments saving falling people; - The safe belt width must be not less than 16 mm and changed if they are cracked or seem too old; - During high working, the worker needs a backup safe belt; - The nameplates and/or other obstacles must be removed prior to working; - Use the standard tool bag to transfer the tools/materials up and down during working on the tower. Discovery of During construction, in case of the artifacts of - Contractor history, culture, archaeology, history, culture and religion, - Construction and religion including the graveyards, and single tombs are supervisor monument vestige found, the Contractor shall: - PMU - Pause the construction activities within the area; - Localize/protect the area to prevent the movable artifacts from damage/loss; in respect of the movable/sensitive artifacts, it must arrange the guards in the area until the local authorities or the provincial Department of Culture, Sport and Tourism carry out receive the artifacts; - Inform the Construction Supervisor about finding, who is responsible of informing the 11 local/state authorities of Vietnam heritage (within 24 hours or sooner); - The relevant local/state authorities will be responsible of protection/isolation of the are prior to carrying out the next procedures; - The government is responsible for settlement methods, it may be included to change the construction (in case of to find an important unmovable culture/ archaeology vestige), to reserve, isolation, rehabilitation, and salvage; - In case of the high value culture/heritage area, and a reserve is necessary according to the experts as well as a requirement of the heritage management authority, so the NPC
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No. Impacts Mitigation measures applied Responsibility shall carry out to change the design if it is necessary to meet the requirement and to reserve the area; - The decisions relevant to the artifact management must be informed in writing by concerned authorities; - The construction must not be continued until the heritage management authorities permit it. III Operation phase Health and safety - Disseminate the information on electricity NPC safety regulations to the users; - Obey the Government Decree 106 and 81/2009 on HV network protection; - Regular training for local technicians and people on safety issues; - Not allow to bum the vegetation parts 1 collected during ROW maintenance; - Use of signs, barriers (e.g. locks on doors, use of gates, use of steel posts surrounding substation and transmission towers etc. to prevent public contact with potentially dangerous equipment; - Install warning signs where needed. Oil hazardous - Oil refilling of transformers shall be done in NGO (operator waste the Workshop; of the Sub- contamination and - Use oil collectors during maintenance project) under potential fire risk services for unexpected oil spills; NPC - Carry out regular check and maintenance the transformers so as any leakage and/or failure risks can be detected timely; - Replace or repair transformer as soon as possible after leakage from transformers is detected. Isolate the leakage and fix the 2 problem to ensure that the leakage does not cause pollution in water sources nearby; - Maintain and regular check the fire control equipment in the 110-kV Cam Khe substation; - Perform Vietnam Regulation of damage waste management as regulated in Circular No. 12/2011/TT-BTNMT, dated 14/1/2011 by MONRE regulate management of damage waste. Noise during - Noise will arise from substation operation, NGO (operator operate the 110-kV however it is minor; besides that, the 3 of the Sub- substation substation is rather far from residential area; project) under - Regularly inspecting and maintaining the NPC
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No. Impacts Mitigation measures applied Responsibility equipments, repair their damage (if any; - Set the natural barriers up (e.g. planting the trees) to absorb and mitigate noise. Impact due to - All of waste must be collected and treated in NGO (operator waste appropriate places; of the Sub- 4 water and domestic - Set up a monitoring plan for collecting and project) under solid waste of treatment system to ensure all waste are NPC operation workers collected and treated obey the standard.
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VI.2. Environmental monitoring plan
Table 8 Responsibility No. Impacts Parameters Location How to monitor Time/Frequency Cost bodies Construction phase Temporary and - Amount of - At - Observation - When Included in PMU and permanent land acquired land substation implement Construction Construction acquisition and economic site and compensation Supervisor Supervisor 1 activities on it along ROW Cost - Compensation of the line. - Survey DPs - Before for DPs - DPs compensation Clearing - Clearing - At - Observation Once week Included in PMU and technique; substation during the first Construction Construction - Amount of cut site; - Observation month, and Supervisor Supervisor down tree; - Along ROW monthly after Cost 2 - Apply safety of the line; - Observation that procedure; - Disposal of cut vegetation. - At disposal site. Chance finding Artefacts found In site Observation During Included in PMU and during excavation construction and Construction Construction 3 works (if any) earth works Supervisor Supervisor Cost
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Maintaining of ROW - Tree cutting and - Along ROW Assessment by visual observation: Monthly Included in NGO
proper - The tree cutting: whether the right trees Operation (operator of maintaining of - From houses or right parts of tree are cut; Cost of NPC the Sub-
clearance to ROW - The proper maintaining of distance from project) under distances in the houses to the ROW according to the NPC ROW; Decree 106 and 81. 15 - Houses next to and/or within ROW; - Compare with regulations of the Decree 106 and 81. Impact on wild life Natural state of Along RoW Notice on: Monthly Included in NGO and natural resource the project area and existing There is any evidence that the Project Operation (operator of access roads cause any disturbance to the wild life 16 Cost of NPC the Sub- (bird, animal, snakes etc.) and natural project) under resource (water, mangrove forest) NPC
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Voltage hazard Integrity of poles, - 110-kV Observation and assessment Monthly Included in NGO insulators, towers and Operation (operator of their substation Cost of NPC the Sub- protection devices grounding; project) under
17 - 110-kV NPC substation: transformer, equipments, grounding…
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VII. IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN, CAPACITY BUILDING
VII.1. Implementation responsibility of the environmental management plan
VII.1.1. Duration of Detailed Design and writing Bidding Document
During making a Detailed Design and writing a Bidding Document, the PMU is responsibility of to insert all EMP, or the suitable parts of EMP (such as mitigation measures, implementation responsibility of the Contractor), as an attached appendix, into the Bidding Document and Construction Contract. The engineer who is responsible for the Detailed Design will refer to discoveries of EIA and EMP to ensure that the environmental problems must be fully considered in the Final Design.
During making the Bidding Document and Contract, it must be sure that the Contractors will be informed sufficiently about their duty/responsibilities of implementation of the environmental impact mitigation measures as well as environmental protection commitment.
VII.1.2. Duration of construction
PMU shall assign the Construction Supervisor and/or Site Engineer to be responsibility of daily monitoring the Contractor to implement safety measures. TOR for Construction Supervisor is mentioned in Table 9 herein below; Construction Supervisor and/or Site Engineer must carry out following main duties:
- Prior to construction, confirm completion of affected HHs compensation as well as all activities of detection and disposal of all explosive materials left from war;
- During construction, strictly monitor implementation of mitigation measures throughout construction phase;
- Confirm that the Contractor obey EMP and inspect all damage caused by the Contractor. In case of need, take the minutes to require the Contractor compensate/return construction site in accordant with the Contract Terms. Implementation of environment safety measures of the Contractor will be inserted into the Interim Report.
Role and responsibility of the relevant parties of implementation of EMP is mentioned in the Table 10 below.
Table 9 Implementation arrangement of EMP Role Responsibilities Organization Project Owner Ultimately responsible for overall project NPC management, including environmental management.
Civil Works Responsible for construction works and following Chosen by PMU Contractor Contractor specifications outlined in the EMP. This
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Future training includes the following:
EVN training: Internal training course on how to monitor and how to report environmental results as part of quarterly and annual project reports. The training will also include the methods for corrective action plan if some of EMP activities do not go well.
NPC training: The following training will be provided for the staffs of local power company and partly for local peoples:
- Safety training: Training on safety issues related to the distribution network maintenance, it will be carried out if necessary;
- Monitoring and reporting of environmental management plan for stakeholders of the Project's district or communes: The training will give guidance to the local stakeholders about the participation of local peoples during implementation of EMP. The training will also include the methodology for site observation and monitoring check sheet filling.
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Table 10 Cost estimation for future trainings
No. Training Cost (VND)
Included in operation cost of EVN. NPC will cover the cost EVN training of for food, accommodation and traveling ... 1 environmental 02 staffs for each commune, 02 staffs for each district: management 28 staffs x 1 day x 500,000 VND/day = 14,000,000 VND
Training on 02 staffs for each commune, 02 staffs for each district: 2 implementation of EMP 28 staffs x 2 day x 500,000 VND/day = 28,000,000 VND NPC training on safety (carried out by Included in the provincial power company provincial power 3 02 staffs for each commune company, it will be carried out whenever if 24 staffs x 1 day x 500,000 VND/day = 12,000,000 VND necessary) TOTAL 54,000,000 VND
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Secondary reporting level
Primary reporting level (a copy should Tertiary reporting level be sent to DoNRE) Report type By To Frequency By To Frequency By To Frequency
Construction Phase Implementation of Contractor PMU Once before PMU NPC Half- NPC EVN and Half- mitigation measures and construction yearly WB yearly site environmental commences and management monthly thereafter Environmental monitoring Environmental PMU Monthly PMU NPC Half- NPC EVN and Half- staff of the PMU yearly WB yearly
Environment monitoring, CPC and local PMU or Whenever if necessary PMU NPC Half- NPC EVN and Half- carried out by CPC and people Contractor yearly WB yearly local people Operation Phase Environment monitoring Staff of NGO NPC Half-yearly NPC EVN Yearly including safety issues and WB
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VII.4. Cost of Implementing EMP
The following is estimation of marginal costs for implementing the EMP. It is normally calculated by mitigation costs, monitoring costs and costs for training local power technical staff on safety, environmental management and reporting issues. Mitigation costs, however, are not included here because they are covered in the contract with civil works construction contractors. The total cost of the EMP is calculated by costs for environmental monitoring including the construction phase, the operation phase to the end of the 20th year of Operation, and costs for training local staff. The total EMP cost estimated is VND 254,200,000 – equivalent to USD 12,136 (conversion rate is 1 USD = 20.930 VND), not including contingencies, taxes or inflation
Table 12 Cost of Implementing EMP Operation phase (20 years No. Items Construction phase of life cycle) Mitigation measures The costs are covered in The cost is covered in 1 Contract with production cost of the Construction Contractors Provincial Power Company Monitoring costs for the Project. The cost is covered in The cost* is inserted into 2 (By construction running cost of Project construction supervisor cost supervisor owner consultant of PMU) Supporting cost (accommodation, transportation, sample 10,000,000 VND/year x 20 3 collectors, writing years = 200,000,000 VNĐ report) during operation period 4 Capacity building 54,000,000 VND 254,000,000 VND Sub total (The cost is covered in production cost of the NPC) Total 254,000,000 VND Equivalent to: 12,136 USD Note: Experiences of the PMU show that, Safeguard Independent Monitor (SIMC) with frequency of 2 times yearly does not bring the projects similar this Sub-project any “value-added”; therefore, in this Sub-project, the Construction Supervisor will be the key staff to implement environmental monitor during construction phase. Besides that, community and local authorities are encouraged to involve in monitoring activities.
* Cost for mitigation measures and environmental monitoring by construction supervisor in the construction phase is included in a relevant construction/monitoring Contract
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VIII. PUBLIC CONSULTATION AND DISCLOSURE
During project preparation stage (2011), the following activities were carried out:
VIII.1. Public Consultation
Activity 1: Information & Discussion with Local Authorities on the ROW and substation location;
Activity 2: Impact Survey and Statistics;
Activity 3: Inform the public about the Project/Sub-project. From 01/10/2011 to 29/10/2011 to carry out meetings of local people at 12 Sub-project communes for EMP public consultation, the Owner representative attended and took part in following activities: - Description of ROW, substation location and need of the Project/Sub-project;
- Potential environmental impacts;
- Mitigation measures of environmental impacts. Participants: Representatives of Commune people committee, farmers union, Woman Union, affected peoples and Consultants. The comments/contributions of the meetings were gathered by the CPCs in their official documents (on issuance of consulting comments of the Sub-project) and submitted to the NPC.
Details mentioned in Annex XI.5: “Summary of comment from participants”.
All of the concerns, comments of local people were recorded and considered by consultants and Sub-project's owner during designing of the Project and development of EMP for the Sub-project. Activity 4: To review and modify the EMP basing on the community comments; receiving Further Feedback from PAHs. VIII.2. Disclosure
Activity 5: Public disclosure and Clearance on EMP
The Project will receive an investment license only after appropriate modification of location, design, capacity and/or technology of the project to meet the requirement of environmental protection and resettlement. To address disclosure requirements of OP 4.01, the PMU will:
- Provide Vietnamese-language copies of the EMP, RP, and Project Summary to Phu Tho PPC, each commune-level and district-level People's Committee in the Sub- project area;
- Advertise in major local newspapers several times over a 60-days period. The advertisement will state the Vietnamese version of EMP, RP, and Project Summary will be disclosed for a 60-days period during normal working hours at the following
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locations: 1) the District-level People's Committees; and 2) The commune level People’s Committees; so that interested public and organizations can approach and study;
- The English and Vietnamese-language copies of the EMP will also be sent to the Vietnam Development Information Centre at 63 Ly Thai To in Hanoi for information disclosure.
The English version of the EMP will also be sent to the InfoShop of the World Bank for disclosure.
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IX. CONCLUSIONS
The environmental negative impacts of Sub-project are minor, short term and mitigated. In particular, there is no impact on sensitive areas such as protected cultural or historical areas…
An outline EMP has been prepared to ensure that mitigation measures identified are successfully implemented and environmental impacts are managed.
Carrying out the Sub-project will provide substantial socio economic benefits and reduce poverty. This is significant for Phu Tho province – one of the poorer provinces in Vietnam.
It should be noted that the similar projects are planned for Phu Tho province (if any). Close co-ordination between the Sub-project and the other projects will be required to ensure there is no overlap in terms of commune selection.
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X. REFERENCES
- Construction Investment Report of the Sub-project;
- Environmental Management Framework of DEP Project (Draft);
- Environmental, Health, and Safety Guidelines on Electric Power Transmission and Distribution. IFC, 2007.
- Environmental Assessment Template: For power transmission and distribution project with limited environmental impacts. Electricity of Vietnam and the World Bank. Training Workshop in Hanoi, 28-30/5/2004;
- Environmental Assessment Sourcebook. World Bank, 1991;
- Workshop Manual. Training Workshop of EVN – Environmental Management Capacity Project. Hanoi, 28-29/5/2004. EVN and The World Bank.
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XI. APPENDIX
XI.1. Phu Tho location in the Vietnam map
Location of Phu Tho province in the Vietnam Map
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XI.2. Map of existing and proposed protected area in Phu Tho
(in file PDF “Phutho protected map” và đóng vào đây, lưu ý: bản đồ trang trên và trang này in màu)
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XI.3. Plan of 110-kV OHL right-of-way
(in file CAD “mặt bằng tuyến” và đóng vào đây, lưu ý: in màu)
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XI.4. Plan of 110-kV substation
(in file CAD “mặt bằng tuyến” và đóng vào đây, lưu ý: in màu)
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XI.5. Generic TORs of monitoring EMP implementation for Construction Supervisor Consultant
General description of duties
The Construction Supervisor will be responsible for providing the specialized technical Services (“Service”) as required to ensure an effective implementation of the EMP.
Scope of the Service
The general are services supplied by the Construction Supervisor namely inspection, and monitor of all construction activities to ensure that the mitigation measures mentioned in the Sub-project EMP must be implemented strictly and the environment negative impacts must be minimized.
On behalf of the PMU, the Construction Supervisor will implement the following duties, but not limited to:
- Regularly inspect the site;
- Review implementation of environmental protection measures mentioned in the EMP and Contract Document;
- Review the efficiency of the environmental mitigation measures and implementation of environmental works of the Sub-project;
- I n case of need, consider the acceptable environmental construction measures (in case of both the permanent as well as the temporary structures), the relevant plans, and designs as well as submitted documents. If necessary the Construction Supervisor will seek/recommend a measure whose environmental impacts are minimum basing on consultation of the Designer, the Contractor ,and the PMU;
- Appraise inspection results of all incompliance of environmental quality implementation as well as efficiency of the modification measures; and
- Provide a returning appraisal result for the Contractor Engineer in accordance with incompliance procedure of the EMP;
- Conduct the Contractor in implementation of modification activities within limited duration and implement a supplementary monitor if necessary in accordance with the requirements and sequence of the Contract in case of incompliance and complaint;
- Conduct the Contractor in implementation of activities to modify and comply with the EMP procedure/requirements in case of incompliance/inconsistence being identified;
- Require the Contractor stop all activities of negative impacts and/or incompliance of EMP requirements/to carry out the modify activities.
- In case of the Contracts which need a Site Environmental Management Plan (SEMP), all SEMP which may impact on the environmental must be considered/approved by the Construction Supervisor. The SEMP includes but not
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limited to: dredged area, borrow pit, waste disposal area, and the worker camp. The Construction Supervisor will consider/approve the SEMP submitted by the Contractor. In case of the SEMP incompliant with the EMP, EIA, or RAP, the Construction Supervisor must contact with the PMU and Contractor to propose a suitable measure;
- Resolve complaints: local people complaints about environmental impacts, such as noise, dust, and traffic safety…should be received by the Site Staff of the Contractor. The Contractor Head/Vice Consultant and Construction Supervisor must be responsibility to handle/resolve and attain a measure for received complaints. The Construction Supervisor must be provided a complaint record and confirm that the complaints to be appropriately resolved by the Contractor in accordance with the relevant complaints identified during site inspection;
- Confirm monthly payment: the Construction Supervisor must confirm monthly payment for relevant environmental activities to be carried out by the Contractor;
- Reporting: the Construction Supervisor must compose the following reports in write:
o Every two weeks report about incompliance;
o Monthly summary report about problems and main discoveries arise from checking and construction activities;
o In the end of Sub-project phase, the Construction Supervisor must compose the final report where his main discoveries, number of violations, solution…as well as consultant and conduct similar duties in future.
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XI.6. Approval document of EIA which approved by Phu Tho Provincial Department of Natural Resources and Environment
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XI.7. Summary Of Comments From Participants
Time of Number of No. District / Commune Location Summary of comments PMU feedback meetings participants I Thanh Ba district - Agree with impacts assessment and proposed mitigation - CPC Head measures; 1 Dong Xuan commune 25/10/2011 8 office - Offer the NPC cooperate with the CPC during compensation implementation. - Agree with impacts assessment and proposed mitigation - CPC Head measures; 2 Thanh Van commune 21/10/2011 15 office - Compensation must be accordant with the prevailing regulations. - No negative impacts to the natural/socioeconomic environment; - CPC Head 3 Hanh Cu commune 21/10/2011 8 - Care to the ROW; office - Carry out the construction after finishing cropping; - Agree with impacts assessment and proposed mitigation - CPC Head 4 Yen Khe commune 24/10/2011 10 measures; office - Carry out the construction after finishing cropping; - Agree with impacts assessment and proposed mitigation - CPC Head 5 Vu Cau commune 21/10/2011 8 measures; office - Carry out the construction after finishing cropping; II Cam Khe district - The negative impacts to the natural/socioeconomic are minor; - CPC Head - The Sub-project to be implemented and operated as soon as 1 Tuy Loc commune 20/10/2011 9 office possible; - Carry out the construction after finishing cropping; 2 Phuong Xa commune CPC Head 25/10/2011 15 - Agree with impacts assessment and proposed mitigation -
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Time of Number of No. District / Commune Location Summary of comments PMU feedback meetings participants office measures; - Ensure that the ROW does not cross the residential areas; - No negative impacts to the natural/socioeconomic environment; - - Care to the ROW; CPC Head - Consultant and Contractor should select good time for 3 Phung Xa commune 20/10/2011 11 office construction in order to minimize impacts on agricultural production, such as carry out the construction after finishing cropping; - No negative impacts to the natural/socioeconomic environment; - CPC Head - The Sub-project to be implemented and operated as soon as 4 Son Nga commune 19/10/2011 8 office possible; - Carry out the construction after finishing cropping; - No negative impacts to the natural/socioeconomic environment; - - Agree with impacts assessment and proposed mitigation CPC Head measures; 5 Cap Dan commune 19/10/2011 9 office - Agree with construction of the Sub-project; - Compensation must be accordant with the prevailing regulations of the GOV. - No negative impacts to the natural/socioeconomic environment; - Xuong Thinh CPC Head - The Sub-project to be implemented and operated as soon as 6 19/2011 10 commune office possible; - Carry out the construction after finishing cropping; - The negative impacts to the natural/socioeconomic are minor; - CPC Head - The Sub-project to be implemented and operated as soon as 7 Son Tinh commune 20/2011 10 office possible; - Carry out the construction after finishing cropping;
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XI.8. Pictures Of Site
Location of the 110-kV Substation
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XI.9. Some of survey documents
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