Environmental Safeguards Monitoring Report 4th Semiannual Report January 2019 MYA: Greater Mekong Subregion East–West Economic Corridor Eindu to Kawkareik Road Improvement July – December 2018 Prepared by Pyunghwa Engineering Consultant, Ltd., in Joint Venture with Korea Expressway Corporation and Construction, Research, Design and Consultancy Co-operative Ltd for the Department of Highways, Ministry of Construction, and the Asian Development Bank. This environmental safeguards monitoring report is a document of the borrower. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of ADB's Board of Directors, Management, or staff, and may be preliminary in nature. In preparing any country program or strategy, financing any project, or by making any designation of or reference to a particular territory or geographic area in this document, the Asian Development Bank does not intend to make any judgments as to the legal or other status of any territory or area. REPUBLIC OF THE UNION OF MYANMAR MINISTRY OF CONSTRUCTION DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS EINDU-KAWKAREIK ROAD IMPROVEMENT PROJECT Loan No.: 3310-MYA / 8294 4TH SEMI-ANNUAL ENVIRONMENTAL SAFEGUARDS MONITORING REPORT (July to December 2018) JANUARY 2019 Construction Supervision Consultant (CSC): PEC/KEC JV in association with CRDCC Myanmar Table of Contents Acronyms and Abbreviations 3 1.0 Introduction 4 2.0 Construction Contracts and Activities 5 2.1 Status of Contracts 5 2.2 Mobilization 6 2.3 Project Progress 7 3.0 Status of Compliance to Loan Agreement Environmental Safeguards 8 Provisions 4.0 Monitoring of IEE EMP Compliance 11 4.1 Contractor’s Environmental Management Plan (CEMP) 11 4.2 Compliance with Mitigating Measures 11 4.3 Environmental Quality Monitoring 15 5.0 Summary, Conclusions, and Recommendations 21 5.1 Summary and Conclusions 21 5.2 Ranking of Overall Progress of Implementing Environmental 21 Safeguards 5.3 Recommendations 22 Annexes Annex 1 Status of the Consultant's Mobilization (July to December 2018) 23 Annex 2 Status of the Contractor’s Mobilization (July to December 2018) 26 Annex 3 Status of the Contractor’s Equipment (July to December 2018) 28 Annex 4 One Day Workshop for REGDP 30 Annex 5 Presentation Slides for Training / Workshop on Environmental and Social 35 Safeguards, Gender Awareness, Core Labor Standards and HIV / AIDS and Human Trafficking Awareness Annex 6 Training on Livelihood Need Assessment 41 Annex 7 Workshop on Social Action Plan 44 Annex 8 Feedback Letter concerning with the EMP for the proposed quarry at 49 Sunfree Village tract, Hpa An Township, Kayin State Annex 9 Revised Project Level Grievance Redress Mechanism 51 Annex 10 Noise Monitoring Results for July to December 2018 60 Annex 11 Water Quality Monitoring Results for July to December 2018 63 Annex 12 Minutes of Public Consultation for New Quarry Site 66 Annex 13 Minutes of Consultation Meeting for New Quarry Site 74 Annex 14 Status of Concerns Raised by Affected Households in Previous ADB 77 Missions Annex 15 Bi-Monthly Environmental Monitoring Report, December 2018 80 Annex 16 Grievance Registry for December 2018 85 2 EKRIP 3RD Semi – Annual Environmental Safeguards Monitoring Report, January to June 2018 ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS ADB Asian Development Bank AQ Air Quality BEQM Baseline Environmental Quality Monitoring BOD Biological Oxygen Demand CEMP Contractor’s Environmental Management Plan CRBC China Road and Bridge Corporation CSC Construction Supervision Consultants COD Chemical Oxygen Demand dB Decibel DO Dissolved Oxygen ECC Environmental Compliance Certificate ECD Environmental Conservation Department EKRIP Eindu - Kawkareik Road Improvement Project EMP Environmental Management Plan ESMR Environmental Safeguards Monitoring Report hr Hour GRM Grievance Redress Mechanism HSE Health, Safety and Environment Officer IEE Initial Environmental Examination IES International Environment Specialist Km Kilometer LARC Land Acquisition and Resettlement Committee m Meter mg/l Milligrams per liter MOC Ministry of Construction ND Not Detected NES National Environment Specialist NOx Nitrogen Oxides PAM Project Administration Manual PEC Pyunghwa Engineering Consultants PM Particulate Matter PMU Project Management Unit REGDP Resettlement, Ethnic and Gender Development Plan REM Resource and Environment Myanmar Ltd. SEMR Semi – Annual Environmental Monitoring Report SOx Sulfur Oxides SU Standard Unit TSP Total Suspended Solids USD United States Dollar WQ Water Quality 3 EKRIP 3RD Semi – Annual Environmental Safeguards Monitoring Report, January to June 2018 ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING REPORT EINDU-KAWKAREIK ROAD PROJECT 1.0 Introduction This report is the Fourth Semi-Annual Environmental Safeguards Monitoring Report (SEMR) for the Eindu - Kawkareik Road Improvement Project (EKRIP), covering the period from July to December 2018. The preparation and submission of the semi-annual ESMR is in compliance to the reporting requirements stipulated in the Terms of Reference for the Eindu – Kawkareik Road Improvement Project. The report covers the two (2) sections of the EKRIP, namely: Lot 1 – between Km 0+000 and Km 40+440 Lot 2- between Km 42+160 and Km 66+455 The report was prepared by the Construction Supervision Consultant’s (CSC) International Environmental Specialist (IES) with the assistance of the National Environment Specialist (NES). It summarizes the monthly environmental safeguards monitoring reports from January to June 2018 as submitted by the Contractor’s Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) Officer, and the recent Bi- Monthly Environmental Safeguards Monitoring Reports as submitted by the IES and NES. Reference was also made to the ADB Loan Review Mission Minutes of Meetings in July 9-13, 2018 and October 8-11, 2018. The semi-annual report consists of the following sections: 1. Introduction, which gives an overview of the project and the source of information for the report. 2. Summary of Construction Contracts and Activities 3. Status of Compliance to Environmental Safeguards Provisions of Loan Covenants 4. Monitoring of IEE EMP Compliance, with sections on monitoring of implementation of mitigating measures and environmental quality monitoring as prescribed by the IEE EMP and Environmental Monitoring Plan. 5. Summary, Conclusions and Recommendations 6. Annexes 4 ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING REPORT EINDU-KAWKAREIK ROAD PROJECT 2. Construction Contracts and Activities The status of contracts and construction activities and accomplishments of the Contractor, China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC) for the period January to June 2018 are as follows. 2.1 Status of Contracts The following table summarizes the status of the project contracts (taken from the overall project semi-annual report for July to December 2018). Table 2-1 shows that at this period, the overall progress for Lot 1 is 25.37% which has a variance of – 24.57% from the scheduled progress of 49.94%. For Lot 2, the overall progress is 19.86% which has a variance of – 24.34% from the scheduled progress or 43.90%. Table 2-1. Status of Project Contracts Contract No. CS1 – E-K ICB1 Lot 1 ICB1 Lot 2 Contract ICB1 ED-KKR Contract ICB1 ED-KKR Contract for Contract Name Lot1 from km 0+000 to Lot2 from km 42+160 to Consultant’s Services km 40+440 km 66+455 Pyunghwa Engineering Consultants Ltd in Joint Venture with Korea Expressway Corporation Consultant/ China Road and Bridge China Road and Bridge and in association as a Contractor Corporation Corporation sub-consultant with Construction, Research, Design and Consultancy Co- operative Limited Commencement 10 September 2016 24 December 2016 04 January 2017 Date Time for completion 42 months 1095 days (36 months) 1095 days (36 months) Defects Notification N/A 365 days 365 days period Time period Utilized 24.3 months 23.9 months Contract Costs 5,400,794.00 USD Invoices (Total) 1,468,346.54 USD Payments (Total) 1,468,346.54 USD Time remaining 723 days 734 days Estimated progress 25.37% 19.86% Scheduled progress 49.94% 43.90% 5 ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING REPORT EINDU-KAWKAREIK ROAD PROJECT Variance - 24.57% - 24.34% Accepted Contract 32,772,591,222 MMK 25,320,079,725 MMK Amount 25,484,130 USD 19,689,020 USD IPCs (Total) USD 917,235.24 864,302.20 IPCs (Total) MMK 505,527,648 476,353,984 Payments (Total) 4,650,984.42 USD 1,839,549.14 USD USD 2.2 Mobilization 2.2.1 Contract Supervision Contractor (CSC) The CSC services cover an anticipated three continuous years of construction supervision and a further intermittent year for support during the 1-year works defect notification periods. The Consultant services commenced on 9th September 2016. As of this reporting period, all international and national consultants have been mobilized. The status of the Consultant's mobilization is shown in Table 2-2. The detailed list of CSC mobilization is shown in Annex 1. 2.2.2 Contractors for Lot 1 and Lot 2 Presently, there is no separate establishment for LOT2 and there is one management team controlling both Contracts. For the period July to December 2018, the Contractor has mobilized a nominal contingent of labor force for both LOT1 and LOT2, in view of the work stoppage since the suspension of payments by ADB in May 2018. The status of the Contractor’s mobilization is shown in Table 2-2 Table 2-2. Status of CSC and Contractor Personnel Mobilization Number of Personnel Mobilized Description Total International National CSC 3 7 10 Contractor 18 87 105 Total 21 94 115 The detailed lists of mobilization of Contractor Mobilization is shown in Annex 2 6 ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING REPORT EINDU-KAWKAREIK ROAD PROJECT 2.2.3 Equipment The total list of equipment for both Contracts is summarized in Annex 3. The Contractor must supplement with rented/subcontract equipment. 2.3 Project Progress 2.3.1 Project Implementation Schedule Project implementation covers a period of (3) years starting 4 July 2014 up to 31 March 2020. Project implementation Schedules was updated by ADB and Implementation Schedule is shown in Table 2-2. Table 2-2. Project Implementation Schedule Implementation Schedule to Date Package Plan Actual Slippage LOT1 & LOT2 58.25% 41.04% - 17.21% The Physical Progress of Project implementation is shown in Table 2-3.