PROPOSED BAOJI-LANZHOU SECOND RAILWAY LINE.
Public Disclosure Authorized ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT S,UMMARY E454 Volume 1
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ENVIRONMENTALASSESSMENT SUMMARY FOR THE PROPOSEDBAOJI-LANZHOU SECOND RAILWAYLINE
Submittedto: The World Bank Washington,DC
Submittedby:
The Center of Environmental Evaluation and Engineering of the ResearchAcademy of Railway Sciences of the Ministry of Railways Beijing,China
and
AMEC Earth & Environmental Limited Calgary,Alberta
March 2001
CE02169
The World Bank Environmental Assessment Summary for the Proposed Baoji-Lanzhou Second Railway Line March 2001
Compilationof ReportOrganized by:
The Centerof EnvironmentEvaluation and Engineeringof The ResearchAcademy of RailwaySciences of The Ministryof Railways
EIA LicenseGrade A No. 1021
Compilationof Reportwith the Participationof:
First Surveyand DesignInstitute of The Ministryof Railways
EIA LicenseGrade A No. 3704
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Team Leader:
Bai Xiaojun, Engineer EIA Certificate Number: Railway 0760
Li Jia Senior Engineer EIA Certificate Number: Gansu 02315
Team Membersfor the Sub-Projects:
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Ecology Xia Xianfang Engineer Gansu02316 Wei Jianfang Engineer Gansu02317 Noise Li Jia Senior Engineer Gansu02315 Noise Li Yaozeng AssociateResearch Fellow BeijingOO62 Li Jia Senior Engineer Gansu02315 Water ChengZehao AssociateResearch Fellow Railway0766 Gas ChengYanfei Senior Engineer Gansu02314 Electromagnetic ZhangChen AssociateResearch Fellow Railway0767 Solid Waste Material Du Pei Engineer Gansu02318 Public Participation Bai Xiaopjun Engineer Railway0760 LandAcquisition and Bai Xiaopjun Engineer Railway0760 Resettlement EnvironmentalEconomic ZhangFenzhan AssociateResearch Fellow Railway0758 ternatescenario SongYong Engineer Beijing0024 EnvironmentalRisk ZhangFenzhan AssociateResearch Fellow Railway0758 Assessment Measurement Li Jia Senior Engineer Gansu02315 Environmental Economic.. Lai Wenhong Engineer Railway0736 Benefitand cost analysis EnvironmentalManagement Lai Wenhong Engineer Railway0736 and supervisionPlan L
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TABLEOF CONTENTS
PAGE 1.0 INTRODUCTION...... 1 1.1 ProjectPlanning ...... 3 1.2 EnvironmentalAssessment Responsibility ...... 3 1.3 EnvironmentalImpact Assessment Process ...... 3 1.3.1 Reviewof Terms of Reference...... 3 1.3.2 EnvironmentalAssessment Examination Process ...... 4 1.4 EnvironmentalProtection Measures ...... 6 1.4.1 World BankStandards ...... 6 1.4.2 EnvironmentalProtection Measures ...... 6 1.5 RegulatoryBasis and Standards...... 9 2.0 PROJECTDESCRIPTION ...... 14 2.1 ConstructionSchedule ...... 14 2.1.1 RailwayLine, Rail Bed and Track...... 14 2.1.2 Bridgesand Culverts...... 16 2.1.3 Tunnels...... 16 2.1.4 BorrowPits and Spoil DisposalSites ...... 16 2.1.5 Water and Soil Conservation...... 23 2.2 Stations...... 23 2.2.1 Electricaland Communications...... 23 2.3 ConstructionCamps ...... 24 2.4 Capacityof Passengersand Freight ...... 24 2.5 LocomotiveStations, Maintenance Facilities ...... 24 2.5.1 Operationand Maintenance...... 24 2.5.2 Rolling Stock Facility...... 24 2.6 PowerSupply and Communications ...... 24 2.7 Water and Sewage...... 25 2.8 Garbage Disposal...... 25 2.9 Roads...... 26 2.10 Socio-EconomicAspects ...... 26 3.0 ANALYSISOF ALTERNATIVES...... 27 3.1 ComparisonBetween Existing Railway Alternatives ...... 27
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4.0 ANALYSISOF ENVIRONMENTALIMPACTS ...... 30 4.1 Methods...... 30 4.1.1 Scopeof Assessment...... 30 4.2 Summaryof Impacts...... 41 4.2.1 ImpactsAssociated with the ConstructionPhase ...... 41 4.2.2 ImpactsAssociated with the OperationalPhase ...... 42 4.2.3 Analysisof Impacts...... 43 4.3 AIR QUALITY...... 44 4.3.1 Construction...... 44 4.3.2 Operation...... 44 4.4 Noise...... 44 4.4.1 Construction...... 44 4.4.2 Operation...... 45 4.5 Vibration...... 51 4.5.1 Construction...... 51 4.5.2 Operation...... 51 4.6 ElectromagneticLevels ...... 52 4.7 Surfaceand GroundwaterResources ...... 52 4.7.1 Construction...... 52 4.7.2 Operation...... 54 4.8 Geology...... 55 4.8.1 Construction...... 56 4.9 Topography,Geomorphology and Soil ...... 56 4.9.1 Construction...... 56 4.9.2 ErosionControl Measures...... 57 4.10 Vegetation...... 58 4.10.1 Construction...... 58 4.11 Wildlife and Fisheries...... 58 4.12 ResourceUse ...... 58 4.12.1 Land Expropriation...... 58 4.12.2 Industryand Mining...... 59 4.12.3 PowerSupply ...... 59 4.12.4 Effects of Constructionon UrbanTransportation ...... 60 5.0 HISTORICALAND CULTURALRESOURCES ...... 61
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LIST OF TABLES
Table 1.5-1 Standardsfor EnvironmentalImpact Assessment ...... 10 Table 1.5-2 Noise LimitedValues at ConstructionSites* ...... 13 Table 2.0-1 TechnicalData of the ProposedBaolan Rail Line...... 15 Table 4.1-1 Summaryof EnvironmentalAssessment and Mitigation...... 32 Table 4.7-1 Quantitiesof Wastewaterand Major PollutantsDischarge Before and After Operationof the ProposedNew Line (1 x 104Vta)...... 55 Table 7.2-1 Summaryof Public ConsultationMeetings for the Baolan Railway...... 67
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Figure1.1-1 Existingand ProposedBaolan Second Rail Line...... 2 Figure 1.3-1 The Processof EIA Preparationand Pre-Examination...... 5 Figure 1.3-2 ManagementProcess of the FinalExamination of the EIA...... 6 Figure 1.4-1 Processof the Implementationand Examinationof Environment ProtectionMeasures ...... 7 Figure 1.4-2 EnvironmentalImpact of OperationPeriod ...... 8 Figure2.4.1 IndexMap ...... 17 Figure2.4.1-1 Locationof Major Borrowand Spoil DisposalSites ...... 18 Figure2.4.1-2 Locationof Major Borrowand Spoil DisposalSites ...... 19 Figure2.4.1-3 Locationof Major Borrowand Spoil DisposalSites ...... 20 Figure2.4.1-4 Locationof Major Borrowand Spoil DisposalSites ...... 21 Figure2.4.1-5 Locationof Major Borrowand Spoil DisposalSites ...... 22 Figure3.1-1 Comparisonof the PreferredBaolan Line and the Bao-Zhong-Lan Option.28 Figure4.4.2-1 Noise MonitoringLocations and MitigativeMeasures at Sensitive Sites - Map 1.46 Figure4.4.2-2 Noise MonitoringLocations and MitigativeMeasures at Sensitive Sites - Map 2 .47 Figure4.4.2-3 Noise MonitoringLocations and MitigativeMeasures at Sensitive Sites - Map 3 .48 Figure4.4.2-4 Noise MonitoringLocations and MitigativeMeasures at Sensitive Sites- Map 4 .49 Figure4.4.2-5 Noise MonitoringLocations and MitigativeMeasures at Sensitive Sites - Map 5...... 50 Figure4.7-1 Main River SystemsAlong the Baolan Line...... 53 Figure8.1-1 Frameworkfor EnvironmentalMonitoring and Control...... 69 Figure8.2-1 Frameworkfor EnvironmentalMonitoring System during the Operation of the ProposedProject .70
LIST OF APPENDICES
AppendixA Project Documents
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AMEC AMEC Earth & EnvironmentalLimited Baolan Baoji-Lanzhou Baozhonglan Baoji-Zhongwei-Lanzhou BOD Biologicaloxygen demand COD Chemicaloxygen demand DPB Developmentand PlanningBureau EA Environmentalassessment EAP EnvironmentalAction Plan EIA Environmentalimpact assessment EPB Environmentalprotection bureau FSDI First Surveyand Design Institute GAEI Gansu ProvincialArchaeological Exploitation Institute GABCR Gansu ProvincialAdministration Bureau of CulturalRelics GB Refersto nationalstandard of China MOR Ministryof Railways PIU Projectimplementation unit RARS ResearchAcademy of RailwaySciences RMB Renminbiyuan currency SABCR ShaanxiProvincial Administration Bureau of CulturalRelics SAEI ShaanxiProvincial Archaeological Exploitation Institute SBR SEPA State EnvironmentalProtection Administration SDPC State Developmentand PlanningCommittee SNR Signalto noise ratio 5S SuspendedSolid TOR Terms of Reference TSP Total suspendedparticulate WB World Bank
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The World Bank Environmental Assessment Summary for the Proposed Baoji-Lanzhou Second Railway Line March 2001
1.0 INTRODUCTION The proposedBaoji-Lanzhou (Baolan) section of the Lianyungang-Lanzhourailway connects Baoji with LanzhouCity. The new Baolan railwayline will follow the Weihe River valley using much the same route as the existing Baolanrailway line, passingthrough Baoji county of ShaanxiProvince, at the west end of this line; Beidaodistrict of Tianshuicity, Gangucounty, Wushancounty, Longxicounty, Dingxicounty, and Yuzhongcounty of Gansuprovince ending in LanzhouCity (Figure1.1-1). This line will be under the jurisdictionof the western Lianyungang-LanzhouRailway.
The examiningcommittee for the FeasibilityResearch Report for Extendingthe Capacityof the East Channelof the NorthwestRegion approved the project in December1998. The First Survey and DesignInstitute (FSDI) of the Railway Ministryfinished the FeasibilityReport for the proposedSecond Line of the BaolanSection in April 1999.The first draft was submittedto the RailwayMinistry (MOR) for approval,which was then forwardedto the ForeignFund Office and the World Bank in May 1999.The EnvironmentalImpact Assessment (EIA) was deemedto be a CategoryA projectunder World Bank guidelines.Also in May 1999the Railway Bureauof Lanzhouand Zhenzhouauthorized The FSDIto preparethe requiredreports. In September 1999 the MOR and the World Bank requestedthat the ScientificResearch Institute of the Ministryundertake the role of chief editorand The FSDIto serve as the editorialassistants for the completionof all necessaryenvironmental reports.
The outline plan for the EIA has met the standardsfor the General Bureauof the National EnvironmentalProtection Agency (Administration Department, Huan Jian Fa letter of 1999).
The proposalto constructthe BaolanRailway Line was submittedon December28, 1998 (No. 372 Document,1998) by The Developmentand PlanningBureau MOR to the National Developmentand PlanningCommittee. The projectwas approvedin October 1999.The planningof the surveyand designfor the railwayproject was the responsibilityof the No. 3 Design Institute(Appendix A). On September29, 1999,"The examinationconclusion for preliminarydesign of the Baolanproject was completedby the Centerof Project Designingand CertificationBureau of The Ministryof Railways.In December1999, "The Feasibilitystudy for a loan from the World Bank for the Baoji-LanzhouSection of Lianyungang-LanzhouRailway" was completed.
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