Environmental Monitoring Report
Semi-Annual Report Project Number: 40625-013 January to June 2015
PRC: Lanzhou Sustainable Urban Transport Project
Prepared by Lanzhou Project Management Office for the Lanzhou Municipal Government and the Asian Development Bank.
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Asian Development Bank
Environmental Monitoring Report
Project Number：ADB Loan 2601-PRC
People’s Republic of China: Lanzhou Sustainable Urban Transport Project
(Covering January 2015 to June 2015)
Prepared by Lanzhou ADB Loan Project Management Office July 2015
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ABBREVIATIONS
ADB Asian Development APs Affected Persons BRT bus rapid transit CDM clean development mechanism CNY Chinese (Renminbi) Ruan CSC construction supervision company EA executing agency EEM external environmental monitoring EIA environmental impact assessment EMC environmental monitoring consultant EMP environmental management plan EPB environmental protection bureau GDP Gross Domestic Product GPG Gansu Provincial Government GRM Grievance Redress Mechanism IA implementing agency LEPB Lanzhou Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau LEMS Lanzhou Environmental Monitoring Station LMG Lanzhou Municipal Government NMT non-motorized transport PMO ADB Loan Project Management Office PRC People’s Republic of China SEIA Summary environmental impact assessment
TABLE OF CONTENT
1. INTRODUCTION ...... 1
1.1 Background ...... 1
1.2 Description of the Project ...... 1
1.3 Description of The Environment ...... 3
1.4 Purpose of this Report ...... 4
1.5 Report Format ...... 5
1.6 Report Preparation ...... 5
2. PROJECT PROGRESS...... 6
2.1 Project Implementation Organization ...... 6
2.2 Project Implementation Progress ...... 8
3. INSTITUTIONAL SETUP ...... 8
3.1 Institutional Responsibilities ...... 8
3.1.1 Environmental Unit Established in PMO ...... 8
3.1.2 External Environmental Monitoring ...... 8
3.1.3 Internal Environmental Monitoring ...... 9
3.2 Incorporation of Environmental Requirements into Project Contracts ...... 9
4. COMPILANCE WITH ENVIRONMENTAL COVENANTS ...... 9
5. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EMP ...... 11
5.1 EMP Objectives ...... 11
5.2 Environmental Monitoring Records and Reporting ...... 11
5.3 EMP and Monitoring Implementation Progress ...... 11
5.3.1 Implementation of Mitigation Measures ...... 11
5.3.2 Due Diligence of Oil-Pipe Deviation Under Road 530...... 12
5.3.3 Environmental Monitoring ...... 13
5.3.4 Institutional Capacity Building and Training ...... 13
5.3.5 Public Consultation and GRM ...... 14
5.3.5.1 Public Consultation and Disclosure ...... 14
5.3.5.2 Project Grievance Records and Resolution ...... 18
5.4 Follow-up Issues Documented in the Mission MOU ...... 20
6. CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS ...... 23
6.1 Compliance with EMP Requirements ...... 23
6.2 Training and Capacity Building ...... 23
6.3 Corrective Action Need to be Taken ...... 23
APPENDICES ...... 24
APPENDIX 1: ENVIRONMENTAL PERSONNEL ...... 24
APPENDIX 2 ENVIRONMENTAL CLAUSES IN SPECIFIC CONDITION OF CIVIL WORK CONTRACTS ...... 26
APPENDIX 3 IMPLEMENTATION OF EMP ...... 29
APPENDIX 4 CERTIFICATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL MORNITORING TEAM ...... 40
APPENDIX 5 ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY MONITORING ...... 42
APPENDIX 6 PHOTOES OF PROJECT SITE ...... 46
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1.1 Background
1. Lanzhou, the capital of Gansu Province, is a regional hub between the eastern and western regions of the PRC. Home to 3.1 million inhabitants, it is the economic, political, and cultural center of Gansu. The city has four distinct development zones, three of which are on the south bank of the Yellow River, where the business, commerce, and government centers are located. The fourth zone is on the north bank of the river at Anning. The Lanzhou municipal government (LMG) has adopted a strategy of "one river, two centers, seven groups" as a key concept of its urban master plan to optimize land use and the economic and social functions of the city. It has decided to develop a second city center in Anning. As Anning will become the new political, administrative, economic, and cultural center of the city, there will be a significant increase in demand for transport to, from, and within Anning. The Project will contribute to realizing the urban master plan by supporting the development of the urban road network and the urban mass transport system serving the new city center. It will focus on providing a sustainable urban transport system in Lanzhou.
2. The Lanzhou Sustainable Urban Transport Project (the Project) will be ADB's first project to support bus rapid transit (BRT) in the PRC. BRT is an efficient public transport system that provides major benefits for passengers and bus operators and reduces fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. The Project is part of ADB's initiative to support greener, more sustainable transport in the PRC and includes support for an application to use the Clean Development Mechanism of the Kyoto Protocol.
1.2 Description of the Project
3. Project Approval, Signing, and Effectiveness. ADB approved a loan of $150 million from ADB’s ordinary capital resources for the Project on 11 December 2009. The Loan and Project Agreements were signed on 30 March 2010, and became effective on 14 July 2010.
4. Impact and Outcome. The impacts of the Project will be sustainable economic growth, effective environmental improvement, and improved quality of urban life in Anning District. The Project will (i) generate certified emission reductions, (ii) increase average bus speed in the BRT corridor, (iii) increase the share of public transport, (iv) shorten the average travel time, and (v) lower accident rates for vehicles and non-motorized transport (NMT).
5. Project Scope. The Project consists of four components under ADB financing:
(i) Lanzhou Road Network and Related Infrastructure. Under this component, the Project will build a comprehensive urban road network of about 33.8 kilometers (km) in length together with the related municipal infrastructures including drainage pipelines, sewers, public green areas, lighting and traffic management facilities to promote and facilitate the urban expansion into the urban fringe area in Anning district. The project also includes a BRT facility and NMT lanes, details comprising:
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a) about 21.4 km of new road construction; b) about 12.4 km of reconstruction of existing roads; c) about 13.0 km of BRT lanes and 22 BRT stations in the middle of the road sections; and d) dedicated access for bicycles for the 3.5 m to 5.0 m wide NMT lanes between sidewalks and carriage ways;
(ii) Introduction and application of advanced traffic management, including:
a) advanced traffic control system (signal control), b) TDM strategy and policy reform, and c) NMT development plan;
(iii) Install and application of advanced environmental monitoring system, including air quality sensors, with such advanced environmental monitoring system consisting of monitoring stations and a data processing center that will monitor air pollution, such as nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide and suspended particulate matter; and
(iv) Capacity building and Institutional Building.
6. The components (ii), (iii) and (iv) are non-structural in nature to support project implementation and training of the implementing agencies (IAs). The purpose of the capacity building component is to build up the capacity of the PMO, IAs and contractors so that they are more capable in implementing the EMP and environmental monitoring.
7. The basic information about the loan Project is provided in Table 1.
Table 1: Basic Project Information
ADB Loan No. 2601-PRC Project Title Lanzhou Sustainable Urban Transport Project Borrower People’s Republic of China Executing Agency Lanzhou Municipal Government Total Estimated Cost $480.27 million ADB Loan $150.00 million Counterpart Financing $330.27 million Type of This report 5th Environmental Monitoring Report Period Covered by This Progress March 2012 to September 2012 Report
8. The Lanzhou Municipal Government (LMG) is the Executing Agency (EA) for the Project. Lanzhou Urban Traffic Project – Project Management Office (PMO) is the Implementing Agency (IA).
9. The investment cost of the Project is estimated at $480.27 million, including taxes and duties of $21.42 million (Table 4). The detailed cost estimate by expenditure category is in Table 1.
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Table 4: Project Investment Plan ($ million) Item Amount a A. Base Cost b 1. Civil Works Components 151.66 a. New Roads 96.44 b. Reconstructed Roads 55.22 2. Equipment 58.27 a. Bus Rapid Transit 11.10 b. Advanced Traffic Signal System 18.18 c. Environment monitoring system 0.74 d. Utility equipment 28.25 3. Consulting Services for Implementation 13.93 a. Design, Supervision, Monitoring 12.93 b. Technical Advisory Services 1.00 4. Capacity Building 0.50 5. Taxes and Duties 21.42 6. Resettlement and Compensation 138.32 7. Project Administration Cost 0.47 Subtotal (A) 384.57 B. Contingencies c 46.26 d C. Financing Charges During Implementation 49.44
Total (A+B+C) 480.27 a Includes taxes and duties of $21.42 million. b In early 2009 prices. Base cost includes taxes and duties estimated at $21.42 million. c Physical contingencies are computed at 10% for civil works, equipment, and land acquisition and resettlement. Price contingencies are computed at 1.9% for 2009, 1.0% for 2010, 0.0% for 2011, 0.3% for 2012, and 0.5% thereafter for foreign exchange costs and at 0.8% for 2009, 1.0% for 2010, 1.5% for 2011, and 2.0% thereafter for local currency costs. d Includes interest and commitment charges. Interest during construction has been computed at the 5-year fixed swap rate plus a spread of 0.2%. Source: Asian Development Bank estimates.
1.3 Description of The Environment
11. Location. As the capital of Gansu Province, Lanzhou is one of the important cities in Northwest China, and is the Province’s main political, economic, trade, information and cultural center. As of the end 2007, the Lanzhou residential population is 2.26 million.
12. Lanzhou city is located on the Loess Plateau in northwest PRC, in the upper middle reaches of the Yellow River. The city lies in a valley between two
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13. Climate. The project area is characterized by a semi-arid, continental climate. It features dry, cold, and long winters; sandstorms in the early spring; and rains in the transition from summer to autumn. The average temperature is −6.8°C in January and 22.6°C in July. The average wind speed is 0.6 meters per second (m/s) in January and 1 m/s in July. Annual average precipitation is 327.7 mm. Annual average sunshine is 2,520 hours.
14. Air. Among PRC’s major cities, Lanzhou is the most polluted for air particulate matter under 10 micrometers (PM10), at 0.192 milligrams per cubic meter 3 3 (mg/m ), and one of the most polluted cities for nitrogen dioxide (NO2) (0.052 mg/m ). It ranks poorest among the PRC’s cities by the number of days when air quality is equal to or worse than grade II (205 days).
15. Water. The Yellow River dominates the hydrology of Anning District. The river is regulated by the Liujiaxia Dam, located 70 km upstream from Lanzhou city. The width of the rivers ranges from 200 m to 500 m and depth from 1.5 to 3.0 m. The average river gradient is more than 1%, and flow speed in a dry season is over 0.5 m/s. It is reported that from 1986 to 1999 the average annual flow rate was 894 m3/s, and average amount of sand in the river was 1.57 kg/m3. According to monitoring data from the Lanzhou Environmental Monitoring Station (2007) for the Lanzhou stretch of the Yellow River (low-water period), only fecal coliform, volatile phenol, and average petroleum exceed standards while the other 20 parameters of water quality are within the standards. There are four debris flow channels (sloots) in the project area: Da Sha (Qing Shi) Sloot, Lou Ti Sloot, Shen Sloot, and Jiandi Sloot. The groundwater table in the project area ranges from 5 m to 15 m. A class II water source protection area is located in the southwest part of the project area.
16. Flora. Semiarid grassland is dominant in the project area. Some 18 families, 27 genera and 43 species of flora are reported, with mostly shrubs and sub-shrubs scattered in the hilly area. Herbaceous plants are mainly xerophyte, including wormwood, camel thorn, crested wheatgrass, Asiatic plantain, yellow wormwood, and Russian wormwood. Planted vegetation is mainly larch, Chinese pine, spruce, arborvitae, poplar, willows, acacia and sophora.
17. Old Trees. An environmentally sensitive area involves a community of old fruit trees growing in Majiazhuang village (7 ha, 80 Ruanerli pears), Zoujiazhuang village (4 ha, 50 Ruanerli pears), Cuijiazhuang village (5 ha, 40 Ruanerli pears), and Anningbu village (47 ha, 900 jujubes). According to the survey made by the Lanzhou University, in total there are 343 trees of different species including 336 jujubes, 6 Ruanerli pear trees, and 1 paulownia within the ROWs of the planned roads.
1.4 Purpose of this Report
18. According to the Project Agreement between the ADB and the LMG, LMG shall ensure that regular environmental monitoring reports be submitted to the PMO, who shall prepare and submit to ADB semiannual environment report in a format acceptable to ADB, until the closing of the Loan Account. This report is the fifth environmental monitoring report for the Lanzhou Sustainable Urban Transport Project (the Project) covering the period of January to June 2015.
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19. The report described the background information of the project, the project progress, the implementation of the EMP and monitoring plan and conclusion and recommendations.
1.6 Report Preparation
20. The Project Administration Manual of Loan Number of 2601-PRC requested monitoring of the EMP implementation will be executed by a specially contracted external monitoring agency. Environmental Monitoring Center of Lanzhou Jiaotong University, a non-government agency, was hired by the PMO to monitor mitigation of environmental impacts in the field and process monitoring data. The Jiaotong University conducted baseline monitoring at the preconstruction stage and routine observations during construction. They submit monitoring reports to the PMO regularly.
21. The Project Administration Manual of Loan Number of 2601-PRC requested an environmental management consultant recruited to provide services on environmental issues. A LIEC was hired by the PMO since September 2010. The consultant visited the project sites once every half year and main tasks undertaken include:
Review the project documentation on environmental matters, with particular reference to the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), the Summary EIA (SEIA) as part of the loan negotiations, the design documents and contract documents;
Review the current situation regarding the environmental monitoring program, based on results and discussion with the Environmental Monitoring Center of Lanzhou Jiaotong University and the Anning Environmental Protection Bureau.
Field visit to all of the construction sites and review the implementation of environmental mitigation measures along the construction sites, and advise on improvements in environmental management and monitoring.
Conduct environmental training focusing on project environmental management and the EMP implementation. Attendances include environmental staff of the Lanzhou PMO, designated environmental staff from all contractors and supervision companies.
Conduct interviews with project affect people including residents and shop holders near the construction sites.
22. This report is prepared by the Lanzhou Project Management Office (LPMO) with the assistance of the CSCs and LIEC who assist the PMO to conduct internal environmental monitoring, and the Lanzhou Jiaotong University, who conducted external environmental monitoring.
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2.1 Project Implementation Organization
23. The Lanzhou Municipal Government (LMG) will be the Executing Agency (EA) for the Project. LMG has established a Project Steering Committee (PSC). The deputy mayor of Lanzhou will chair PSC meetings every 3 months, or more often if necessary, to review implementation, resolve coordination issues, and provide guidance for the timely completion of the Project.
24. LMG has also established and staffed the Implementing Agency (IA), Lanzhou Sustainable Urban Transport Project - Project Management Office (PMO). The PMO will coordinate: a) project management; b) supervise the procurement of works, goods, and services financed under the Project; c) monitor the utilization of the ADB loan, domestic bank funding; and Government funding; and d) prepare and review the reports to be submitted to ADB and the Government. The PMO has appointed a Project Manager for the day-to-day management of project implementation.
25. The PMO corporate and operations offices are located in Anning District, Lanzhou City except for the Traffic Signal Control and BRT/Transport Management Departments which are located in the Lanzhou Traffic Control Center in Chengguan District, Lanzhou City.
26. Design liaison representatives and the international consultants are collocated with PMO offices. Also, the Domestic Supervision Consultants (aka Resident Engineers) responsible for construction supervision are quartered nearby and all are within easy reach of the construction contractors’ site offices.
27. The collocation and proximity of the various principals fosters effective and constant communication between all project functionaries as well as with local government. Local leader coordination teams, formed by local government officials in districts and neighborhoods along the corridor facilitate land acquisition, resettlement, environmental protection and monitoring, and coordination of relationships between local government bodies and the project associated bodies.
28. An independent Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), Anning District Statistical Bureau is contracted to undertake surveys, monitoring, evaluation, and reporting of the resettlement and socio-economic impact of the project. The NGO coordinates its activities through PMO Land Acquisition and Resettlement Department.
29. The International Supervision Consultant, Carl Shaflik of Carl Shaflik Engineering Services, acts as Deputy Chief Supervision Engineer and works with the PMO and the Resident Engineers to provide contract management, construction management, quality management, material inspection, and health and safety monitoring for both the civil works construction and the ITS implementation.
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30. During the reporting period from January to June 2015, construction is ongoing on Road 502, 578 and 580.
a) Main civil work construction of 502 is nearly completed with landscaping remained.
b) South section of Road 578 has been completed and north section construction is ongoing.
c) Civil work of construction of Road 580 is ongoing
d) Construction of Roads 530, 516 and east section of Road 511 are delayed due to issues with land acquisition and the need to relocate an oil pipeline.
3. INSTITUTIONAL SETUP
3.1 Institutional Responsibilities
3.1.1 Environmental Unit Established in PMO
31. The implementation agency (IA) for Road Construction Components is the Lanzhou Implementation Office of ADB Loan for Lanzhou Urban Traffic Project (PMO). The PMO has established an environmental department to deal with environmental issues. Mr. Liu and Mr. Wei are nominated as EMP coordinators. They take charge of (i) coordinating the implementation of the EMP and developing implementation details; (ii) supervising the implementation of mitigation measures during project construction and operation; (iii) ensuring that environmental management, monitoring, and mitigation measures are incorporated into bidding documents, construction contracts and operation management plans; (iv) submitting semi-annual EMP monitoring and progress reports to the ADB; (v) coordinating the local grievance redress mechanism (GRM). (See Table A1-1, APPENDIX 1: ENVIRONMENTAL PERSONNEL)
3.1.2 External Environmental Monitoring
32. The independent NGO, Lanzhou Jiaotong University, is contracted to conduct external environmental monitoring including environmental surveys, monitoring, evaluation and reporting of environmental impact of the Project including monthly air quality noise levels monitoring and semi-annual water quality monitoring.
33. The EMP requested the PMO to hire a licensed environmental monitoring station to conduct the environmental monitoring program. Environmental Engineering and Monitoring Center of the Lanzhou Jiaotong University has acquired certification from Gansu Provincial EPB to conduct environmental monitoring. The approved scope of service include water quality monitoring, air quality monitoring, solid waste analysis and noise monitoring. The environmental monitoring certification of the Lanzhou Jiaotong University and certification of the Chief of the environmental
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3.1.3 Internal Environmental Monitoring
34. Construction contractors and the Construction Supervision Companies (CSCs) contracted by PMO are responsible for the daily inspection, monitoring, and evaluation of mitigation measures’ implementation. Construction contractors are responsible for implementing the mitigation measures during construction under supervision of the PMO. Each contractor has assigned a person responsible for environment, health and safety (See Table A1-2 APPENDIX 1: ENVIRONMENTAL PERSONNEL).
35. Mr. Zhang Defa, an environmental specialist is contracted as LIEC to assist PMO in conducting internal environment monitoring. He is responsible for advising the PMO, contractors and CSCs on all aspects of environmental management and monitoring for the project; supervising the implementation of the mitigation measures specified in the EMP; assisting PMO in preparing semi-annual EMP monitoring reports; and providing training to the PMO, CSCs, on the PRC’s environmental laws, regulations and policies, ADB SPS 2009, EMP implementation, and GRM.
3.2 Incorporation of Environmental Requirements into Project Contracts
36. To ensure that Contractors are aware of and committed to implementing environmental requirements associated with the works, environmental clauses have been incorporated in specific conditions of civil works contracts Chapter D and F (See APPENDIX 2 ENVIRONMENTAL CLAUSES IN SPECIFIC CONDITION OF CIVIL WORK CONTRACTS). The EMP is attached to the civil work contract to ensure the contractors aware what mitigation measures should be taken. The clauses include not only environmental protection measures needed to be taken, but also health and safety measures, guarantee measures of worker’s wage, civilized construction, traffic management of existing roads. Requirement on implementation of mitigation measures listed in the EMP is also a specific condition of the civil work contracts, eg. The Contractor shall (a) establish an operational system for managing environmental impacts, (b) carry out all the monitoring and mitigation measures set forth in the attached Environmental Management Plan (EMP attached).
37. To better implementing the environmental mitigation measures, each contractor nominated one environmental staff to carry out internal monitoring, maintain relevant records, produce weekly reports, and submit to the relevant CSC and PMO; to participate relevant environmental training; to assist with public consultation; to assist with resolving environmental problems during construction; and to provide information and undertake other work as required. (See table A1-3, APPENDIX 1: ENVIRONMENTAL PERSONNEL).
4. COMPILANCE WITH ENVIRONMENTAL COVENANTS 38. Till now, all provisions in loan agreement and project agreement are being implemented. Relevant environmental impact related provisions and compliance status can be found in the following table.
Table 4-1 Environmental Related Project Covenants Compliance Status
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PA-Section 2.01. (a) GPG shall cause LMG to, and LMG Being implemented shall, carry out the Project with due diligence and efficiency, and in conformity with sound administrative, financial, engineering, environmental and urban transport practices.
PA-SCHEDULE Execution of Project – Environment: Being implemented LMG through PMO shall ensure that All of the construction activities are in strict (i) Construction, operation, maintenance, and conformity with PRC monitoring of the Project facilities be in strict environmental laws conformity with (a) all the Borrower's applicable and ADB national and provincial environmental laws and environmental policy, regulations, ADB’s Environment Policy (2002), and and mitigation other national, provincial, and local laws and measures listed in the regulations and standards on environmental EMP. protection, health, labor, and occupational safety; and (b) all environmental mitigation and monitoring measures detailed in the design and construction contracts, the operational guidelines, and the approved EIAs, SEIA, and EMP for the Project;
(ii) Lanzhou Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau Being implemented and PMO review any changes to the Project design that may have a potential for causing negative Any change of the environmental impacts, so that environmental Project design has monitoring and mitigation measures are adjusted been approved by accordingly in consultation with ADB; and Lanzhou EPB. (iii) An adequate number of full-time personnel and Being implemented sufficient resources be provided to monitor the implementation of the environmental monitoring Environmental program, under the guidance of the Gansu Provincial monitoring has been Environmental Protection Bureau, Lanzhou conducted regularly. Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau or other environmental monitoring stations. LMG shall ensure that regular environmental monitoring reports be submitted to the PMO, who shall prepare and submit to ADB semiannual environment report in a format acceptable to ADB, until the closing of the Loan Account. The semiannual environment reports shall describe and assess compliance with the EMP and any supplementary environmental requirements prescribed in the covenants of this Project Agreement.
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5.1 EMP Objectives
39. The objective of establishing an EMP is not only to propose appropriate mitigation measures, but also to recommend establishment of institutions or mechanisms to monitor and ensure compliance with environmental regulations and implementation of the proposed mitigation measures. Such institutions and mechanisms will seek to ensure continuously improving environmental protection activities during preconstruction, construction, and operation in order to prevent, reduce, or mitigate adverse impacts. The EMP drew on the individual EIA reports and on the PPTA discussions and agreements with the relevant government agencies.
5.2 Environmental Monitoring Records and Reporting
40. All CSCs have construction site environment, health and safety expertise; (ii) inspection and monitoring is conducted on a daily basis; (iii) monitoring results are documented daily in the CSCs logbooks, and in monthly reports submitted to the PMO. There is no key environmental issue identified during the reporting period.
41. The environmental monitoring results have been submitted to PMO environmental department monthly. The environmental personnel, Mr. Wei from the PMO has recorded and filed all of the environmental monitoring data (both electronic and hard copy).
5.3 EMP and Monitoring Implementation Progress
5.3.1 Implementation of Mitigation Measures
42. Construction Waste Water. The major pollutant in construction wastewater is suspended solids. At the construction sites, settlement ponds are used to retain the sediments in the construction wastewater before they are discharged into municipal storm sewers. The settlement ponds are cleaned when they are filled up with sediments. Tires of construction vehicles are cleaned with water sprays before they leave the construction site. Since the construction sites are located in urban areas, the sewage from construction camps is discharged directly into the municipal sewerage network which in turn is sent to the municipal sewage treatment plant.
43. Dust. All the roads construction sites are sprayed by water trucks to suppress dust, according to a daily schedule and taking weather conditions into consideration. These roads are kept clean, solid, smooth, and clear of all dust, mud, or extraneous materials dropped from transportation vehicles. The construction sites are enclosed by the appropriate walls and sprayed with water twice a day. Dust suppression equipment has been installed in concrete-batching plants. Materials storage sites are sited 300 m from residential areas. The materials in the storage site are organized, such as separate stone and sand materials; store concrete in separate storage place and reduce the on-site storage time of the construction. The transportation distance from the storage site to the construction site has been optimized to minimize disturbance to local communities. When construction takes places during dry and windy days, water is sprayed on earth piles and exposed surfaces to suppress dust. Construction will be stopped during strong winds and the stockpile will be covered.
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45. Noise. The contractor has undertaken a series of measures to reduce noise levels. Equipment that generates low levels of noise has been selected, and all machinery is properly maintained to minimize noise. Noise reduction devices or methods (e.g., hoarding) have been applied where piling equipment is operating within 500 m of sensitive sites such as schools. Concrete-mixing plants and similar activities are located at least 300 m away from sensitive areas such as residences, schools, and hospitals. To reduce noise at night, the operation of machinery generating high levels of noise, such as piling, is restricted to between 6:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. in accordance with PRC regulations. The movement of heavy vehicles along urban and village roads has also been restricted to between 6:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m.
46. Solid Waste. Small quantities of garbage from construction camps is collected by the municipal sanitation bureau and disposed of in the municipal sanitary landfills.
47. Soil Erosion Control. The civil works contractors have taken measures to control soil erosion. Soil erosion measures during construction include minimizing land surface disturbance and exposure and use of settlement ponds. Upon completion of construction, all the construction sites will be re-vegetated with trees and grasses.
48. The implementation status of the mitigation measures, as proposed in the EMP, is presented in the right column of the Table A3-1, APPENDIX 3 IMPLEMENTATION OF EMP. LIEC conducted site inspection and found that, in summary, the mitigation measures have to date been implemented effectively.
5.3.2 Due Diligence of Oil-Pipe Deviation Under Road 530
49. The Road 530, start at road 502 and end at Binghe Road North has a total length of 2,115m, width of 60m. The construction commenced in September 2011 and 700m in south section has been constructed. Due to the discovery of oil pipe, the construction of road 530 is on-hold and expect re-start date is expected in the end of 2015.The preparation of oil-pipe deviation is listed below:
Flood Prevention Evaluation Report, approved by Lanzhou Water Resource Bureau in September 2014;
Earthquake Safety Evaluation Report, approved by Gansu Earthquake Bureau in September 2013;
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Environmental Impact Assessment Report, prepared by Lanzhou Jiaotong University and submitted to Lanzhou EPB for approval in September 2014;
April 2015, oil-pipe deviation FSR preparation
Detail design: expected competed in August 2015
Start of deviation: expected commenced in September 2015 and completed by the end of 2015.
5.3.3 Environmental Monitoring
50. The internal environmental monitoring include visual inspections of such things as dust suppression, soil erosion, restoration of vegetation, solid waste disposal and so on. Field inspections have been undertaken by the on-site environmental engineer (OEE) of the contractor, environmental engineer of construction supervision companies (CSCs), PMO officers and LIEC on a regular basis.
51. The external environmental monitoring includes field sampling and lab analysis. It has been conducted, according to the environmental monitoring program as stipulated in the EMP, by the Lanzhou Jiaotong University under contract to the PMO, including monthly ambient air and noise monitoring at construction site and nearby sensitive sites, and semi-annual water quality monitoring at Yellow River. The results are listed in APPENDIX 5 ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY MONITORING.
52. The results showed that the water quality, air quality and noise level are generally meet the relevant standards. Comparing from the baseline data in 2007, the environmental quality has been improved. The negative impacts from the project are slight.
53. For environmental monitoring during operation stage, the PMO has decided to hire Lanzhou Jiaotong University to do. The monitoring work has not commenced.
5.3.4 Institutional Capacity Building and Training
54. In April 23, 2015, the PMO organized a training workshop with attendants from all construction companies, construction supervision companies and the PMO. The training provided by LIEC focusing on introduction of ADB SPS, and how to meet environmental requirements defined in relative documents including loan agreement, project agreement, project administration manual as well as EIA and EMP.
Institutional Capacity Building and Training Topic Attendees Contents Date Period No of Person SPS PMO, ADB safeguard policies and April 23, 0.5 9 Contractors other environmental policies 2015 day
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Reporting requirements
Issues identified during site visit and corrective actions
List of Participants of Environmental Training Workshop Name Organization Position Title Mr. Liuhaijun PMO Department head Mr. Wei PMO Appointed environmental person of PMO Ms. Zhang PMO Grievance readdress person of PMO Mr. Tang Gansu No.4 Construction Appointed environmental person Company of road 511 contractor Mr. Zhao Gansu Mechanical Appointed environmental person Company of road 578 contractor Mr. Xu Gansu No.4 Construction Appointed environmental person Company of road 580 contractor Mr. Chen Ximing Lanzhou Jiande Supervision Appointed environmental person Company of road 511 supervision company Mr. Zhi Lanzhou Kaitai Supervision Appointed environmental person Company of road 578 supervision company Mr. Zhang Lanzhou Huatie Supervision Appointed environmental person Company of road 580 supervision company
5.3.5 Public Consultation and GRM
5.3.5.1 Public Consultation and Disclosure
55. The PMO and CSCs confirmed that meaningful participation and consultation is conducted during project implementation, mainly through informal discussions during site visits. The LIEC also interviewed the residents and shop owners near construction sites to seek for their comments on the project construction. All of the consulted people supported the project construction and generally satisfy with the environmental mitigation measures taken by the contractors.
56. In April 2015, a questionnaire was developed by the LIEC and circulated to people along the BRT corridor by the PMO, which elicited 60 participants’ views on the issues of concern. A summary of this public consultation event, the level of
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57. Consultation Results. In summary, the BRT are quite welcomed by nearby residents, especially the salaried person. It is free to transfer from BRT to other buses. The public are satisfied with the current status. No qualitative comments/feedback.
List of Respondents Name Sex Age Occupation Education Location Zhang Wei F 22 Student Middle Lanzhou Northwest middle school Tan Jun F 40 Doctor High Lanzhou Qilihe military hospital Liu Zhenyu F 27 Teacher High Lanzhou No.27 middle school Chen Zhong F 33 Farmer Middle Liujiabu Street Wang Wenhu M 35 Driver Middle Xilu Street Ma Fangfang F 14 Student Middle Peili Street Liu Shanfeng F 43 No job Primary Shajiyi Street Liu Lanyue F 27 Waitress Middle Liujiabu Street Wang Zuxiang M 46 Farmer Primary Taohai Street Jia Qiuping F 45 Freelance High Taihai Street Li Menggang M 35 Worker High Shilidian Street Lin Xin M 50 Freelance Primary Taihai Street Wang Xiaogang M 17 Student Middle Kongjia’ai Street Li Hongmei F 33 Teacher High Lanzhou No. 57 Middle school Zhao Gang M 40 Worker Middle Lanzhou Mechanical Machine Manufactory Jia Yongfei F 28 Worker High Gansu Hongyu Transformer Manufactory Niu Qingshan M 30 Worker Middle Taohai Street Yang Long M 50 No job Primary Feijiaying Street Wang Jiadong M 35 Farmer Primary Kongjia’ai Street Li Fei F 26 Worker Middle Lanzhou West Station Ma Qiang M 43 Worker Middle Chengguan District Wang Jianhong F 35 Worker Middle Anningbu Street Zhang Lanping M 40 No job Middle Liujiabu Street Liu Hua F 44 Worker Primary Liujiabu Street Shan Lingmei F 33 Nurse High Liujiabu Street Wang Ji F 11 Student Primary Shilidian Street Zhu Xiuyu F 35 Small trader Primary Shilidian Street Li Feng M 30 Worker Middle Shilidian Street Hu Yu F 23 Student High Lanzhou Jiaotong Univeristy Zhu Huan M 40 Teacher High Lanzhou No.44 Middle School Teng Gong M 28 Driver Middle Peili Street Zhang Mao F 25 Office clerk High Anning District Shi Xiaobao F 23 Nurse High Chengguan District
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Summary Answers of Respondents
Q1. What impact that you think the project will bring to Frequency Percentage local traffic condition? Q1.1 Good impact 57 95 Q1.2 Adverse impact 1 1.7 Q1.3 No idea 2 3.3 Total 60 100.0
Q2. What impact that you think the project will bring to local economy development and society? Frequency Percentage Q2.1 Good impact 45 76 Q2.2 Adverse impact 5 8.3 Q2.3 No idea 10 16.7 Total 60 100.0
Q3. Are you satisfied with environmental mitigation Frequency Percentage
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Q4. During operation of the BRT, do you feel convenient when you cross the road? Frequency Percentage Q4.1 Very convenient 45 41.6 Q4.2 Convenient 28 46.7 Q4.3 Not convenient 7 11.7 Total 60 100.0
Q5. Are you satisfied with landscaping of the BRT Frequency corridor? (No.) Percentage Q5.1 Very satisfied 32 53.3 Q5.2 Satisfied 26 43.3 Q5.3. Not satisfied 2 3.3 Total 60 100.0
Frequency Q6. Does road water logging happen on BRT road? Percentage (No.) Q6.1 Frequently 32 53.3 Q6.2 Occasionally 26 43.3 Q6.3. Not happen 2 3.3 Total 60 100.0
Q7. What do you think about the noise level during Frequency Percentage operation of the BRT? (No.) Q7.1 Not acceptable because noise level increased than 3 5 that of before BRT operation Q7.2 Acceptable because noise level is similar to that of before BRT operation 20 33.3 Q7.3. Acceptable because noise level reduced 37 61.7 Total 60 100.0
Q8. What do you think about the air pollution during Frequency Percentage operation of the BRT? (No.) Q8.1 Not acceptable because air pollution increased than 9 15 that of before BRT operation Q8.2 Acceptable because air pollution is similar to that of 16 26.7 before BRT operation Q8.3. Acceptable because air quality improved 35 58.3 Total 60 100.0
Q9. Does NO HORN or Speed Limit Signs installed near Frequency Percentage school, hospital and dense residential area? (No.) Q9.1 Yes 42 70 Q9.2 No 8 13.3 Q9.3. Do not know 10 16.7 Total 60 100.0
Q10. What do you think about the road sign and traffic Frequency Percentage sign? (No.) Q10.1 clear 40 66.7 Q10.2 not clear 6 10 Q10.3. didn’t pay attention to 14 23.3 Total 60 100.0
Q11. Are you satisfied with the project after considering Frequency Percentage the good and adverse impacts? Q11.1 Very satisfied 39 65
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Public consultation at public place
Public consultation at public place
5.3.5.2 Project Grievance Records and Resolution
58. A complaint information office (CIO) has been established within the PMO to deal with complaints from affected people who can express their complaints through following channels including (i) municipal government (number 12345) and government website; (ii) the EPBs’ public complaints hotlines (number 12369); (iii) directly complain to CIO; (iv) complain to contractor; (v) complain to supervision company. Contact information CIO, contactor and supervision company has been posted in the information board at construction site. All of the complaints related to the project will be forwarded to the CIO.
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5.3.6 Old Tree Protection
61. The old trees are located along Road 516. During the reporting period, construction of road 516 is suspended. No progress on the old tree relocation.
5.4 Follow-up Issues Documented in the Mission MOU
62. In September 2014, a Loan Review Mission from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) visited Lanzhou Municipal Government of the People's Republic of China to review the project progress, implementation schedule, procurement, disbursement, cost estimates and financing plan, resettlement, environment, compliance with the loan covenants, and discussed relevant issues. Environmental issues identified by the Mission were documented in the mission MOU.
63. Following table shows the progress on these issues.
Comments/Issues Solution/Progress Environment monitoring and reporting. EMR5 and EMR6 have been prepared The Monitor and PMO committed to submit and fill the gaps between 2012 to 2014. an EMR by 15 October 2014 and thereafter every January and July, as required by ADB. The EMR should fill in any gaps in the April 2014 report, including site photos, environmental quality monitoring data, significant observations made, training, consultation with affected persons and records of complaints compiled during the semi-annual site visits in 2012-2014.
The mission requested that an operational The PMO has contacted the Lanzhou environmental monitoring for the BRT is Jiaotong University. The Monitor met developed and implemented in line with the key environmental people of the EMP requirements. PMO confirmed that Jiaotong University in April 2015 and following the mission they would contract forwarded them the EMP either Lanzhou Jiatong University or requirements. A detail environment Lanzhou EPB Environmental Monitoring monitoring plan was developed based. Station. However, no progress after that.
Tree protection. The mission requested that Full details of tree protection and full details of tree protection and relocation relocation were included in EMR5 are included in the EMR. (section 5.3.2.2 and 5.3.2.3).
Noise sensitive receptors. The PMO agreed In progress. to appoint a consultant following the ADB mission, external environmental consultant
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Hydrology. Originally, part of the project Rezoning information together with area was located in a Class 2 drinking water maps was documented in EMR5 source protection zone. The Class 2 (section 5.3.2.1) drinking water source protection zone was rezoned in 2010 so the project area is no longer within the protection zone. During the previous review mission, ADB requested confirmation of this rezoning, this has not yet been received.
Air Quality Monitoring System. The project PMO will document in EMR7. included an air quality monitoring subcomponent and included budget for purchase of a fixed air quality monitoring station, remote sensing system, electronic saturation stations, passive samplers and design and technology transfer support. The PMO indicated that this subcomponent will be cancelled as it duplicates efforts by the EPB and that they have submitted request to ADB already. The Mission requested for written confirmation of the justification of cancellation.
Costs of Environmental Mitigation and No progress. Monitoring. Mission requested PMO and Monitor to maintain records and collate data on actual costs of environmental mitigation and monitoring measures. When we do the project completion report we need to compare costs estimated at appraisal with the actual costs.
New Issue: Oil Pipeline. Mission The Monitor was told by the PMO that indicated that ADB would need to carry out the information related to the oil due diligence for both the relocation and any pipeline are confidential and cannot be remediation needed with removal of the provided to ADB. pipeline. If information cannot be provided, it may be better to consider whether completion of the road can be done using domestic funds.
Public consultation and information Public consultation with affected disclosure. The Mission requested the persons along the BRT corridor was Environment Monitor to assist with conducted in April 2015 and the list of post-construction consultation with affected person and summary results are persons along the BRT corridor. The documented in this EMR (section Monitor agreed to develop a questionnaire 5.3.5.1). survey and co-ordinate with PMO to distribute and collect responses. The results of the survey should be reported in
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Grievance redress mechanism. PMO The PMO has appointed Ms. Zhang to reported there has been no formal maintain database of all complaints. complaints about environment. Informal complaints have been made about dust, fly-tipping, a blocked drainage system and the dirty condition of BRT stations. The mission reminded the PMO that they need to maintain a central database of all complaints and should report on them in the semi-annual EMRs.
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6.1 Compliance with EMP Requirements
64. During the period of this report, civil work construction is on-going for only Road 511#. In the construction phase, the contractor has on the whole fulfilled its promise to protect the environment. Adequate attention has been paid to the implementation of mitigation measures and environmental monitoring. Through the implementation of the mitigation measures, the environmental impacts have been prevented or reduced to the minimum level possible.
65. Environmental provisions have been incorporated into the civil works contracts. Field inspections by the independent construction supervision agencies, respective project city PMO environmental officers, and loan implementation environmental consultants have confirmed that the civil work contractor has complied with the environmental requirements.
6.2 Training and Capacity Building
66. The PMO has assigned two environmental officers. Each of the CSCs has assigned one manager in charge of environmental management. They also serve as grievance focal points. Project and contact information has been posted in the bulletin boards at all construction sites. Public complaints can also be lodged in municipal EPBs’ 24-hour telephone hotline and government webpage. To date, all of the public complaints are about sanitary condition of the BRT stations. These complaints have been resolved and the solution is satisfactory. There have been no other significant public complaints about the environmental impacts of the project.
67. Every half year, the PMO organized a training workshop with attendants from all construction companies, construction supervision companies, design institutes and the PMO. The training provided by LIEC focusing on introduction of ADB SPS, and how to meet environmental requirements defined in relative documents including loan agreement, project agreement, project administration manual as well as EIA and EMP.
6.3 Corrective Action Need to be Taken
68. It is suggested that following should to be taken.
Construction site of Road 578, although the contractor has provided warning signs, there still exist safety hazard threat from the opened man-hole of sewer network. The man-hole should be fenced or covered to avoid people especially children from hurt. Construction site 580: construction site should be fenced according to the EMP. Environmental Monitoring: operation stage environmental monitoring should be commenced ASAP according to the EMP environmental monitoring plan. Construction sites of on-hold roads or temporary on-hold road section should be properly managed. Road 511 earth stockpile should be re-covered to avoid dust.
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APPENDIX 1: ENVIRONMENTAL PERSONNEL
A1-1: Appointed IA’s Environmental Personnel
IA Chief Person Contact Lanzhou Implementation Office of Director of Admin Office 13893673996 ADB Loan for Lanzhou Urban Traffic Liu Haijun Project DUTIES: to ensure the mitigation and monitoring measures recommended in the EMP
to supervise and coordinate implementation of mitigation measures and
to analyze internal monitoring reports; to prepare semi-annual progress report and annual environmental report with
to undertake other related work as required. PERFORMANCE: Implemented the EMPs; supervised and coordinated the Contractors and Supervision Company’s environmental work; dealing with environmental grievance issues; and assisted in preparation of this Semi-Annual Environmental Report.
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A1-3: Appointed CSCs’ Environmental Personnel No. Contract Road Supervision firm Environment Contact package person 1 A07 511# Lanzhou Jiande Chen Ximing 13993187767 Supervision Company 2 578# Lanzhou Kaitai Mr. Zhi 15095398537 Supervision Company 3 580# Lanzhou Huatie Mr. Zhang 13893671168 Supervision Company DUTIES: to participate various review meetings and recommend environmental improvement to construction arrangements, technical issues, progress etc.; to review environmental performance of construction equipment; to supervise the implementation and any changes of mitigation measures; to inspect ambient environment and impacts; to report and help to deal with any environmental problems or accidents encountered; to prepare monthly environmental supervision report and submit to PMO; to participate in construction completion audit in terms of environmental aspects, and submit related reports or certification as needed.
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Chapter D: The Particular Condition – Part B Specific Provisions
Section 4.18-Environmental Protection
The Contractor shall take all reasonable steps to protect the environment (both on and off the site) and limit damage and nuisance to people and property resulting from pollution, noise and other results of his operations. The Contractor shall ensure that emissions, surface discharges and effluent from the Contractor’s activities shall not exceed the values stated in the Specification or prescribed by applicable Laws. The contractor shall comply with all applicable national, provincial and local environmental laws and regulations. The Contractor shall (a) establish an operational system for managing environmental impacts, (b) carry out all the monitoring and mitigation measures set forth in the Environmental Management Plan (EMP attached hereto as appendix 2, and (c) allocate the budget required to ensure that such measures are carried out. The Contractor shall submit to the Employer (semi-annual) reports on the carrying out of such measures.
Section 6.7 Health and Safety
The Contractor shall (i) provide the workers with regular health check-up, (ii) monitor health risk control according the Implementation Methods of Epidemic Prevention Law of the PRC, and in accordance with the methods of EMDP, and (iii) disseminate information on the risks of socially and sexually transmitted diseases to the employees, subcontractors and families.
Chapter F: The Specifications, Section VII - Measures and Guarantee System of Safe Production, Environment Protection and Peasant-Worker’s Wage
Protecting and improving the living environment and ecological environment, preventing pollution and damage to the natural environment is a basic police of China. In the construction, we shall obey the present laws f environment protection, as well as strictly control new pollution and gradually treat old pollution. Insisting the principle of “Prevention first integrated with treatment, transfer harm to benefit” and adopting useful measure to prevent pollution or damage to natural environment. Meanwhile, we shall carefully know well of local environmental protection rules and strictly obey and implement. Environmental protection team will be set up, which is led by vice manager and director of office. Business man of relative department and construction team leader organize to be a environment protection organization, which shall regularly examine the surrounding environment. Once man-made sabotage to ecological environment, they shall stop it immediately and ask one to restore the original appearance. And depending on the seriousness, offender will be given punishment. Maintaining road and keeping ecological environment clean. The construction detour will be equipped with sprinkler for watering to prevent dust and pollution of farmland or trees. The construction layout will take use of imposed land as soon as possible, while provisional houses shall not be built randomly. The spoil and abandoned mud shall be transported and disposed at the designated place to
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(1) Section IX - Traffic Management Measures of Existing Roads.
When transporting earth and stone works of loose material, the vehicle should not be filled too much and must be stamped with tarpaulin. Before leaving, the tires and mangers of vehicle must be cleaned to avoid second pollution. Neighborhood or pedestrian crossing of construction section will set construction safety warning signs to alert drivers to pay attention to safety, caution and low speed. The exit and entrance of crossing section or construction detour between newly-built road and former road will be set traffic control post and arranged qualified traffic personnel to direct the passing vehicles. At the time of road construction, the partial of road will be used to pass, and the other partial will be constructed with baffle.
(2) Section X-1 Civilized Construction
To build the spirit of civilized construction for all construction workers, so that the residence, office will keep clean and tidy, as well as the tidy machinery and equipment. All construction workers wear sign post, and the key parts will be sealed with publicity poster and slogan to create good construction environment.
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Environmental Mitigation Measures Implementing Supervising Implementation Impact/Issue Agency Agency Status Project Preparation Stage 1.1 Prepare environmental clauses IA PMO Environmental Environmental in bidding documents and clauses have Clauses and technical specifications; been incorporated Specifications reference EMP and monitoring in bidding for Contractors. table. documents The EMP has been attached to the civil work contract. 1.2 Preparation of an environmental Contractor PMO Supervision Environmental operation and supervision CSC manual was Operation and manual by the contractors as prepared by CSC Supervision required by the contract for and approved by Manual approval by IA PMO before construction. 1.3 Complaint Establish a Complaint and Contractors IA. PMO CIO was and Information Information Office (CIO) before established in Office starting the construction PMO environment Ensure that staff at CIO are well department, and trained to handle the crisis environmental situations or conflicts with staff was residents due to suffering from designated. The environmental impacts LIEC provided training to the staff to handle crisis situation 1.4 Environmental specialists will IA PMO Environmental Environmental be invited to provide training on training workshop Protection the implementation of on how to Training environmental mitigation implement EMP measures and supervision to was conducted by relevant persons the PMO and LIEC twice every year. 1.5 Old Trees A permanent protected area for Contractors, IA, Lanzhou No old tree Protection the community of ancient trees in consultation Forestry involved near should be set up within the with local Departments road 511#, 578 location of ancient trees to forestry and 580 ensure the ancient trees within departments the protected area can really be protected;
29 PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA – ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK LOAN 2601-PRC: LANZHOU SUSTAINABLE URBAN TRANSPORT PROJECT ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING REPORT (COVERING JANUARY TO JUNE 2015) Environmental Mitigation Measures Implementing Supervising Implementation Impact/Issue Agency Agency Status 1.6 Utility Make full preparations before Contractors, PMO and RP has been Relocation construction: make elaborate IA, Anning concerned prepared surveys of the roads, electricity concerned government Traffic supply and communication; departments agencies management cooperation with the relevant schemes was departments in setting up established demolition and relocation, traffic Approvals were management schemes should acquired for be established in advance; utilities relocations potential emergency situations related to the Project and their potential effects and mitigation should be examined; Relocate all utilities prior to commencement of construction on any section of the project road subject to prior approval of the concerned agencies. 1.7 Each contractor will complete Contractors IA, Lanzhou No new access Environmental environmental screening of any with EPB road involved Screening of new access road and provide a assistance New list of necessary mitigation from SMEDI Construction measures. and Site Access Prepare a sketch map of all environmental Road existing roads to be used as specialists access routes to construction sites 1.8 In case of slight deviation of Environmental LEPB, ADB No deviation of Environmental alignment (or additional Specialists in alignment Impact physical component), mitigation cooperation involved Analysis due to measures should be proposed with SMEDI, deviation of and incorporated into the IA alignment or detailed design drawings by the new physical environmental engineer component 1.9 Information In order to minimize the Contractor PMO Information Disclosure and Project’s impact to lives of the boards, on which consultation residents and urban traffic included project including congested traffic, information, special lines of city traffic construction should be defined in design and period, contact divergence in the course of information, were construction; cooperation with erected at project the traffic control department of sites the Public Security Bureau should be set up, the potential of mass-media (TV, radio, and newspapers) to inform the public about road transport restrictions should be used to the full extent. Information boards containing a
30 PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA – ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK LOAN 2601-PRC: LANZHOU SUSTAINABLE URBAN TRANSPORT PROJECT ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING REPORT (COVERING JANUARY TO JUNE 2015) Environmental Mitigation Measures Implementing Supervising Implementation Impact/Issue Agency Agency Status short description of the Project, construction timetable, feedback and complaint hotlines, and asking for public understanding for the inconveniences caused by the Project should be installed at the construction sites; The construction activities will Contractor PMO The project does require large amounts of water not involve large and electricity. Therefore, the amount of water construction unit should contact and electricity to the relevant departments to set up a pipeline connection scheme and organize temporary pipelines. For some areas that lack electricity and water, installation of water supply lines and electrical lines should be completed in advance in case there are temporary cut-offs that will affect the normal supply of water and electricity to citizens, businesses, and governmental organizations located within the area. If a footpath near a construction site is closed, pedestrian traffic should be diverted to an alternative route or safe carriageway. Appropriate safety barriers and signs should be provided. Illumination lamps should be Contractor PMO Lamps were fixed at a proper height and installed at place directed in such a way not to at area far from cause any inconvenience to the residents nearby residents. 2. Construction Phase 2.1 Solid Waste 2.1.1 Refuse Collect and timely cleanup the Contractors CCE, Construction generated on refuse and dispose of in landfill. external waste was construction Sort of construction waste and supervisors, collected and sites, recycle of reuse if possible. IA, LEPB transported construction & Maximize the reuse of Dashagou landfill. demolition excavated soil for backfilling Excavated soil waste, Dispose the waste to designed was reused for excavated soil sites only. backfilling and Strip and stockpile topsoil in a additional soil was
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2.1.2 Disposal Construct intercepting ditches Contractors CCE, Extra waste was sites and chutes to prevent outside external backfilled to runoff entering disposal sites, supervisors, existing and divert runoff from sites to IA, and abandoned existing drainage system or Local WRBs borrow pits near ponds. North Binhe Road Rehabilitate the disposal sites into grassland, woodland or farmland after closing. 2.1.3 Borrow Strip and stockpile the topsoil, Contractors CCE, Build interception areas build interception ditches and external ditches and chutes to reduce erosion from supervisors, chutes to reduce borrow pits. IA, and erosion from Restore or re-vegetate the Local WRBs borrow pits. disposal sites into grassland, woodland or farmland after closing. 2.1.4 Set up hoarding around the Contractors CCE, Construction site Construction construction site, build external was fenced. sites and temporary drainage ditch and supervisors, Regular watering temporary land hoarding for temporary living IA, and haul road and use areas quarters, install hoarding and Local WRBs covered the soil drainage for temporary roads, and aggregate regularly water haul road, cover materials on the the soil and aggregate materials truck during on the truck during transport transport. Build drainage ditch and slop No farmland protection during site formation involved near Develop rainy season road 511, 578 and construction plan to prevent 580 surface runoff and soil erosion Protect farmland and channels near construction sites Rehabilitate the temporary sites into grass, wood and farmland on completion of activities 2.1.5 Solid Garbage bins will be provided in Contractors CCE, Garbage bins waste from the camps and regularly external were provided in work camps, emptied, and the garbage supervisors the camps and canteens disposed will be maintained in regularly emptied, hygienic manner in accordance and the garbage with local norms. were collected and transported by sanitary worker
32 PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA – ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK LOAN 2601-PRC: LANZHOU SUSTAINABLE URBAN TRANSPORT PROJECT ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING REPORT (COVERING JANUARY TO JUNE 2015) Environmental Mitigation Measures Implementing Supervising Implementation Impact/Issue Agency Agency Status 2.2 Water Quality 2.2.1 Impact on Temporary irrigation and Contractors CCE, IA, No irrigation surface and drainage systems will be built and SMEDI Street system involved sub-surface and connected before a Committees water flow or permanent drainage system is drainage or blocked or removed as part of irrigation the construction process system If groundwater drainage or an open channel irrigation flow is cut, the flow should be re-routed by piping or leakage repaired immediately by sealing the damaged surface area with concrete to prevent leakage or contamination. Construction materials such as Contractors CCE, IA, Asphalt was not asphalt should not be kept and SMEDI Street stored in the close to construction sites for Committees construction site long periods of time, and if they for long period, no are stored for the short term, erodible material they should be kept away from involved. sources of water or drainage channels; the erodible materials should be covered over to prevent their scouring. Construction in erosion and flood-prone areas should be restricted to the dry season. Replanting should be Contractors CCE, IA, Wasteland are completed as soon as possible and SMEDI Street used as following fill placement to Committees temporary facilitate regeneration of a construction site stabilizing ground cover. It is strictly prohibited to discharge into water body. 2.2.2 Strengthen management, Contractors, CCE, IA, Domestic Wastewater discharge domestic wastewater in cooperation LEPB wastewater was from to the nearby sewer network or with local discharged into construction have it treated by on-site communities municipal sewer workers, package plant network. canteens 2.2.4 Vehicle The on-site fuelling area should Contractors CCE, Vehicles have and Equipment be selected away from water external been repaired at Maintenance bodies, and should be protected supervisors, the designated and Cleaning by a dike to prevent run-off and on behalf of workshop. to prevent run-off from leaving IA, and the fuelling area. The on-site LEPB fuelling facilities should be only used for equipment must be fuelled on site, and all vehicles and equipment that regularly
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The vehicle and equipment Contractors CCE, Vehicles were wash area must be properly external covered. Specific identified by sign and located supervisors, area has been away from drainage facilities on behalf of designated for and watercourses. It must be IA, and vehicle washing equipped with a septic tank to LEPB collect and disposal of wash water. All vehicles and equipment that Contractors CCE, Implemented regularly enter and leave the external construction site must be supervisors, cleaned offsite. on behalf of IA, and LEPB The waste water from washing Contractors CCE, No on-site car watercraft will contain silts and external washing smaller quantities of oil. This supervisors, wastewater should be settled on behalf of before being discharged into IA, and rivers. LEPB A construction materials handling protocol (e.g., storage away from watercourses and provision of retention areas, to contain accidental spills of toxic, hazardous, and harmful construction materials, such as caustic and acidic substances, oil and petroleum products, and asphalt materials) will be prepared and applied.
2.3 Air Quality 2.3.1 Avoid truck overloaded, Contractors CCE, Transportation Generation of vehicles delivering fine external trucks are dust materials to the sites must be supervisors, covered covered, timely clear the dust on behalf of clean up the earth that drops on IA, LEPB the road during transportation should be in a timely manner to reduce dust.
34 PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA – ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK LOAN 2601-PRC: LANZHOU SUSTAINABLE URBAN TRANSPORT PROJECT ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING REPORT (COVERING JANUARY TO JUNE 2015) Environmental Mitigation Measures Implementing Supervising Implementation Impact/Issue Agency Agency Status Contractors will be required to Contractors CCE, Watering three spray road surfaces, external times a day excavation, construction and supervisors, demolition sites to keep them on behalf of Construction moist for dust control; IA, LEPB material was Potential significant adverse stored at covered impacts to adjacent residents or place site employees during construction will be mitigated by either discontinuing until favourable conditions are restored, and sites should be watered to prevent dust generation. Burning waste construction Contractors CCE, No burning waste materials as fuels is prohibited external construction in the course of construction. supervisors, materials Solvents and volatile materials on behalf of happened will be properly used. IA, LEPB Enclose the demolition sites Contractors CCE, Demolition sites and road construction sites with external and construction colour fencing. supervisors, sites was fenced Trucks carrying earth, sand or on behalf of stone will be covered with tarps IA, LEPB to avoid spilling. Proper timetables and routes Contractors CCE, Timetable and for transportation should be external routes for developed. supervisors, transportation has Separate stone and sand on behalf of been developed materials, store concrete in IA, LEPB and avoid separate storage place and sensitive areas minimize transportation required. Set up hoarding around construction site, particularly for sensitive receivers nearby roads, including school, hospital, residential areas. All the roads and pavements used by vehicles of the contractors or any subcontractor or supplier will be kept clean and clear of all dust, mud, or extraneous materials dropped by their construction vehicles. Such cleaning must be completed on a regular basis. Pre-construction monitoring of existing ambient air quality will be undertaken to provide a baseline for the measurement
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2.3.2 Emission Select appropriate machinery Contractors IA, LEPB Drivers have been from Vehicles and transportation vehicles in required to and equipment compliance with national conduct regular emission standards machinery check Machinery and equipment will and maintenance. be fitted with pollution control devices, which will be checked at regular intervals to ensure that they are in working order. 2.4 Noise 2.4.1 Noise At construction sites within 250 contractors CCE, No construction at from vehicles, meter of the nearest habitation, external night time). plant, and noisy construction work will be supervisors, Horn was equipment stopped between 2300 and LEPB prohibited at 0600 hours. residential area. The construction unit should Has developed contact the management in the the construction above mentioned sensitive schedule base on spots in advance, and arrange consultation with the construction scheme to the village avoid impacts of construction committee noise to residents. If construction activities occur near schools, the construction unit should consult with the school management about the construction timetable of large machinery. In case there is still a need for construction works in regular hours acoustic screens of 2.5m-4.0m in height should be set up to keep noise levels below 60dB (A). In order to effectively protect the sensitive spots, bidding documents clearly specified the noise-sensitive spots and environment protection measures mentioned in this report. Noise levels from equipment and machinery must strictly conform to PRC-GB 12523-90. Use low noise machinery Install temporary noise barrier
36 PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA – ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK LOAN 2601-PRC: LANZHOU SUSTAINABLE URBAN TRANSPORT PROJECT ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING REPORT (COVERING JANUARY TO JUNE 2015) Environmental Mitigation Measures Implementing Supervising Implementation Impact/Issue Agency Agency Status around noisy machinery, avoid concrete mixing, use pre-mixed concrete 2.5 Impact on Flora and Fauna 2.5.1 Loss of or Relocate the trees affected by Contractors External At regular damage to flora the construction, avoid trees supervisors, supervision and fauna cutting and restore the and LEPB meetings, workers vegetation on completion of have been construction. instructed to All works will be carried out by protect natural minimizing damage of flora and resources, fauna fauna and construction workers and flora. will be instructed to protect natural resources, fauna and flora. 2.6 Impacts on Cultural Heritage Sites 2.6.1 Cultural Should culture heritage IA, Lanzhou Provincial No heritage was Heritage discovered during the Cultural Heritage discovered. Has construction, stop construction, Heritage Bureaus, informed the protect the site and report to the Bureaus and PMO contractors to Lanzhou and Gansu Heritage stop construction Bureaus once any cultural heritage found. 2.7 Health and Safety Aspects 2.7.1 Loss of At all times during construction, Contractors PMO Has provided Access the contractor will provide safe with access roads. and convenient passages for assistance vehicles, pedestrians, and from SMEDI livestock to and from side roads and IA 2.7.2 Health An education program for IA in PMO, and Education were Aspects such HIV/AIDS and STDs will be cooperation Lanzhou provided as illness of implemented concurrently with with local Health Safety utilities workers, the project implementation. health Authorities were provided spread of Maintain efficient sanitation in authorities HIV/AIDS and the construction area; provide STIs health check to workers; Safety training and management should be strengthened to ensure the safe construction Construction workers should be equipped with personnel protection utilities, such as earplug, helmet, etc when necessary
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2.8.1 visual Construction sites should be Contractors PMO Construction sites quality of well organized and the with have been well landscape construction activities should be assistance organized and the affected by carried out according to the from SMEDI construction construction schedule; and IA activities were activities For safety and visual quality carried out reasons construction sites according to the should be fenced; schedule; During construction sites should Construction sites be cleaned up in a timely were fenced. manner; After construction is completed the area occupied by construction sites, temporarily occupied land, construction camps, should be restored 2.9 Social 2.9.1 Lives of In order to mitigate adverse IA PMO Consultation has the Residents impacts associated with been conducted, construction, further public no conflict consultations with local happened residents should be conducted between with an aim to inform them contractors and about the intended activities of local people. the Project, and to obtain their proposals and comments about the Project and potential mitigation measures. 2.10 Tourist Attractions 2.10 Botanical Construction activity on the Contractors PMO 511# road is close Garden and roads #T571(#502), and to the Botanic Renshoushan #T571(#502) will be executed Garden of Park with restricted access of the Renshoushan public to the construction sites Park, the as during this period, the construction sites Project will affect visitors and and road have tourist of the Lanzhou Botanical been regularly Garden and Renshoushan watered to reduce Park. In order to minimize dust. Temporarily adverse impacts of civil works, sound insulation the construction period in facilities were vicinity to these sensitive spots installed to will be reduced as much as minimize noise practical. During construction, impacts to using temporarily sound sensitive spots. insulation facilities is justified to minimize noise impacts to sensitive spots. 2.11.
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APPENDIX 4 CERTIFICATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL MORNITORING TEAM
Environmental Monitoring Certification of Lanzhou Jiaotong University
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Certification of Mr. Li Shengbin, Chief of the Environmental Monitoring Team
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(1) Monitoring Location and Methodology
Project Name Environmental monitoring Monitoring date 2015.01—2015.06 Monitoring Noise, Air quality and Water Quality content Parameters and pH GB 6920-1986, SS GB 11901-1989, NH3-N GB 7479-1987, methodology COD GB 11914-1989, BOD5 GB 7488-1987, DO GB 7489-1987, Oil GB ／ T16488-1996, SO2 HJ 483-2009, TSP GB/T 15432-1995, GB/T 14623-1993
(2) Water Quality Monitoring
In accordance with the EIA report, the class III standards under the Surface Water Environmental Quality Standards (GB3838-2002) are adopted in the EIA for Yellow River (Lanzhou section).
During the semi-annual report preparation, water quality data for the year of 2009 and first year of 2010 was collected from the LEMS. This water quality data will be used as baseline data. According to the monitoring data for the Lanzhou stretch of the Yellow River, faecal coliform level exceeds the standard. Other parameters of water quality are within the standard limits. The water quality monitoring data is presented in Table A3-1.
Table A3-1 Water Quality Standards for Basic Parameters Unit：mg/L( except for pH)
CODcr NH3-N BOD5 pH SS DO Oil 20 1.0 4 6-9 150 5 0.05 Note: Class III of Surface Water Environmental Quality Standards (GB3838-2002)
Specific water quality monitoring for the project was conducted in June 2015 and the results are presented in Table A3-2.
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Table A3-2 Water Quality of Yellow River (Lanzhou Section) parameters CODcr NH3-N BOD5 pH SS DO Oil location and time left 5.3 0.226 2.2 8.06 241 6.8 L 6.21 middle 5.1 0.198 2.1 8.07 235 6.8 L (9:00) Anmen right 4.9 0.202 2.3 8.08 226 6.7 L bridge left 5.2 0.204 2.1 8.07 234 6.8 L 6.21 middle 5.3 0.211 2.2 8.06 241 6.8 L (21:00) right 5.2 0.199 2.1 8.07 223 6.8 L Yintan left 5.7 0.222 2.4 8.08 243 6.9 L 6.21 bridge Middle 5.4 0.231 2.6 8.08 251 6.9 L (9:30) Right 5.3 0.254 2.1 8.07 235 6.8 L Left 6.0 0.232 2.4 8.06 233 6.6 L 6.21 Middle 5.8 0.218 2.8 8.07 241 6.8 L (21:30) Right 5.9 0.224 2.7 8.07 244 6.7 L Zhongshan Left 6.6 0.241 2.3 8.06 243 6.8 L 6.21 bridge Middle 6.7 0.232 2.2 8.08 236 6.8 L (10:00) Right 6.7 0.214 2.3 8.07 239 6.7 L Left 7.6 0.207 2.4 8.07 243 6.8 L 6.21 Middle 7.1 0.229 2.6 8.06 242 6.7 L (22:00) Right 7.7 0.232 2.9 8.07 244 6.8 0.06 Standard (Class III) 20 1.0 4 6-9 150 5 0.05 Note：“L” means do not detectable
A3-2a Water Quality Baseline (unit: mg/L) CODcr NH3-N BOD5 pH SS DO 2009 15.96 0.54 1.78 8.30 n.a 7.38 Standard 20.00 1.00 4.00 6-9 150.00 5.00 Note: Monitored at Yintan Bridge located at downstream of the project area by Lanzhou Environmental Monitoring Center during preparation of the EIA.
It can be seen from the above tables that the water quality is better comparing that in 2009 at the project section of the Yellow river. It can generally meet the class III standard.
(3) Air Quality Monitoring Monthly Air Quality Monitoring for the project area has been conducted by Lanzhou Jiaotong University. The daily average and hourly average data are presented in Table A3-3.
Table A3-3 Air Quality Monitoring Results Data (unit: mg/m3)
Results Monitoring TSP SO2 Time Monitoring location Location Daily Hourly Daily Hourly average average average average Jan. Crossing of 036°04 32 N # 0.27 0.29 0.009 0.010 2015 514-550 103°41 14 E Jan. Crossing of 036°06 23 N # 0.26 0.28 0.007 0.009 2015 514-560 103°42 01 E Feb. 514-1# Lanzhou N 036°04 04 0.29 0.33 0.009 0.011 2-15 normal university 103°43 56 E
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It can be seen from the above table that the levels of SO2 and at all sampling locations are in compliance with the Class II standard of the Ambient Air Quality Standard (GB 3095-2012). The TSP levels are generally meet Class II standard.
(4) Ambient Noise Monitoring and Assessment for the Project Area Noise Level Monitoring has been conducted by Lanzhou Jiaotong University every month during construction period. The monitoring data is presented in table A3-4.
Table A3-4 Noise Monitoring Data for the Project Areas unit: db(A)
Monitoring Results Standards Time Monitoring location Location Day Night Day Night Jan. Crossing of 036°04 32 N # 53.6 41.2 60 50 2015 514-550 103°41 14 E Jan. Crossing of 036°06 23 N # 54.3 40.8 60 50 2015 514-560 103°42 01 E Feb. 514-1# Lanzhou N 036°04 04 54.2 42.6 60 50 2-15 normal university 103°43 56 E Feb. Crossing of 036°06 18 N # 53.3 41.3 60 50 2015 514-578 103°42 40 E Mar. Crossing of 036°05 58 N # 54.4 44.3 60 50 2015 514-592 103°44 33 E Mar. Crossing of 036°06 28 N # 53.8 44.1 60 50 2015 514-594 103°41 27 E Apr. Crossing of 036°06 53 N # 51.2 42.2 60 50 2015 514-571 103°41 35 E Apr. Crossing of 036°06 32 N # 45.4 39.4 60 50 2015 514-578 103°42 49 E May Crossing of 036°07 14 N # 52.1 42.6 60 50 2015 511-571 103°41 42 E May Crossing of 036°06 44 N # 45.8 40.2 60 50 2015 512-578 103°42 48 E
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It can be seen from the above table, both day time and night time noise levels in the project areas met the standards.
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Construction earth stockpile is covered to prevent dust
Constuction material is covered to prevent dust
Temporary access road is provided
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Construction site, drainage construction
Safety measures need to be improved
Safety warning in place but need to be improved
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Safety warning in place but need to be improved
Construction material covered but ther cover textile was opened by wind
Construction workers are provided with helmets
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Safety warning sign in front of school
Traffic light and speed reduction measures provided in front of school
Bypass is provided
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