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4. Environmental Impact and Mitigation Measures E685 Vol. 5 |World Bank Financed Project Public Disclosure Authorized Anhui Provincial Highway Project II S325Shitai-Qiaotoudian Section of Local Highway Upgrading Component Environmental Impact Report and Environmental Management Plan Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Project Management Office of i unications Department Hefei Design & Researc f Coal Industry Public Disclosure Authorized D eAb jp 71 ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ - ' 41 ix~~~~~~~q6 ~~~JjD 3 -~~~~~~~J Assessment Unit: Hefei Design & Research Institute, Ministry of Coal Industry Associated Unit: Hefei Municipal Environmental Monitoring Station Task Manager: Ren Jianfeng Xiao Huashan Name List of the Engineers Preparing the Report Name Title Work permission for environmental assessment Chen J. Senioreng(Environmental assessment) Chen Jinru Senior engirieer Work permission No. A 01167 Ren Jianfeng Engineer (Environmental assessment) Work permission No. A 01170 Xiao Huashan Engineer (Environmental assessment) Work permission No. A 01166 (Environmental assessment) Liu Shishui Senior engineer Work permission No. A 01165 Yan Detian Senior engineer (Environmental assessment) Work permission No. A 01169 Huang Shuqing Senior engineer Work emison No. A 01173 Huang Shuqing Senior engineer (Environmental assessment) Work permission No. A 01171 Jin Y-i Engineer (Environmental assessment) Work permission No. A 01168 Zhang Huifen Engineer (Environmental assessment) Work permission No. A 08858 Publisher: Publishing House, Hefei Design & Research Institute, Ministry of Coal Industry 2 CONTENTS 1. GENERAL DESCRIPTION ...............................................................1 1.1 PROJECT BACKGROUND ............................................................... I 1.2 AIM OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT ................... ............................................ 2 1.3 REPORT PREPARATION BASIS .............................................................. 3 1.4 ASSESSMENT CRITERIA .............................................................. 4 2. GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE CONSTRUCTION ............................................................ 10 2.1 GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION AND ExiSTING HIGHWAY STATUS ............................................................ 1 0 2.2 PROJECT NECESSITIES .............................................................. 15 2.3 TRAFFIC VOLUME PROGNOSIS .............................................................. 16 2.4 CONSTRUCTION CONTENT .............................................................. 16 2.5 TECHNICAL STANDARD OF PROJECT DESIGN ...................... ........................................ 16 2.6 BASIC PROCESS OF UPGRADING CONSTRUCTION .............................................................. 18 2.7 SOURCES OF BUILDING MATERIALS .............................................................. 18 2.8 PROJECT INVESTMENT ESTIMATE AND FINANCING ARRANGEMENT ...................... ........................ 18 2.9 PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION PLAN .............................................................. 19 3. ENVIRONMENT DESCRIPTION .............................................................. 21 3.1 NATURAL ENVIRONMENT .............................................................. 21 3.2 ECOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT .............................................................. 22 3.3 SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT .............................................................. 23 3.4. ENVIRONMENTAL STATUS INVESTIGATION AND ASSESSMENT ....................................................... 25 3.5 CULTURAL RELICS .............. : 27 3.6 INVESTIGATION INTO INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION GENERATORS ........................................................ 27 3.7 SPECIAL ENVIRONMENT INVESTIGATION ................. ............................................. 27 4. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT AND MITIGATION MEASURES .............................................. 29 4. 1 IMPACT ON ACOUSTIC ENVIRONMENT QUALITY AND MITIGATION MEASURES ............................ 29 4.2 IMPACT ON ENVIRONMENT AIR QUALITY AND MITIGATION MEASURES ................ ....................... 33 4.3 IMPACT ON THE SURFACE WATER AND MITIGATION MEASURES .................................... ................ 35 4.4 IMPACT ON ECOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT AND MITIGATION MEASURES ................. ....................... 36 4.5 IMPACT ON CULTURAL RELICS AND MITIGATION MEASURES ......................................................... 37 4.6 IMPACT OF TRAFFIC AND MITIGATION MEASURES ..................................... ......................... 3 8 4.7 MANAGEMENT OF CONSTRUCTION AND CAMPSITE .................... ................................ 38 4.8 SOCIAL IMPACTS .................................................... 38 4.9 OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES .................................................... 39 4.10 ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS .................................................... 39 5. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AND INFORMATION DISCLOSURE ............................................. 41 5.1 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ...................................................... 41 5.2 INFORMATION DISCLOSURE ...................................................... 43 6. CONCLUSION ...................................................... 47 7. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN ................ ...................................... 48 7.1 COMPOSITION OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN ...................................................... 48 7.2 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION .................... .................................. 48 7.3 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT COMPENSATION MEASURES ...................................................... 51 7.4 ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING PLAN ...................................................... 61 7.5 S TAFFTRAINING ...................................................... 62 7.6 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION COST ESTIMATE ...................................................... 63 Annex: Annex: 1: Entrustment Letter on Environmental Assessment.................................. 67 Annex 2: Relative demonstration documents .69 II 1. General Description 1.1 Project Background 1.1.1 Project Source The proposed S325Shitai - Qiaotoudian highway section is one of the five local counterpart highway upgrading components of Highway Project II (Tongling-Tangkou Expressway) which Anhui Province is applying for the World Bank to finance. This component is finally put forward out of 15 sections selected from more than 400 highway sections totaling 8000km long, based on comparison conducted by Anhui Provincial Communications Department of China. The criteria of selection for the highway maintenance component are: (1)Beneficial to the improvement of local transportation and economic development in the poverty stricken areas; (2)The average indicators (PQI) of road surface quality are low and the surface is poor; (3)The daily traffic volume is larger than 1500 vehicles;(4)V/C is over 1.0; (5) Local governments and people along the road have strong desires; (6) The road shall be upgraded on existing basis which shall not require huge quantity of construction; (7)The road sections are classified as Grade II-IV with the width of subgrade equal or less than 9m; (8) The section generates better social and economic benefits comparatively. IRR is over 20%. Table 1-1 shows that the proposed S221Xinqiao-Dabeibu highway section meets the above criteria. Technical Status of S325Shitai-Qiaotoudian Highway Section Table 1-1 Grade Surface status Local support V/C |Daily vehicle (no.)| EIRR(%) III poor support 1.23 1842 24.1 Extract from "Studies on Anhui Province Highway Project 11Financed by the World Bank * Rural Road Upgrading Components" According to "Environmental Protection Management Rules of Project under Construction", 253rd order of the State Council, and "Environmental Assessment" (OP4.01), the World Bank Operational Policies and Guidelines, and coordinating the development of highway construction and environmental protection, Anhui Provincial Highway Administration Bureau, in April 2002, entrusted the job to Hefei Design & Research Institute, Ministry of Coal Industry, of environmental impact assessment on the upgrading project of S325Shitai-Qiaotoudian highway section. 1.1.2 Category of Environmental Assessment In line with the criteria set out in the World Bank "Environmental Assessment"(OP4.01), the environmental assessment of S325Shitai-Qiaotoudian highway section should be classified as class A in consistence with Tongling-Tangkou Highway Project which environmental assessment is Class A. Therefore Environmental Impact Assessment report should be prepared 1.1.3 Process of Environmental Assessment The assessment unit, after accepting the entrustment, set up an environmental assessment group in April 2002, aiming at fulfilling the task of environmental impact assessment. The group is composed of environmental engineers, enyironmental monitoring specialist, ecological expert and sociologist. From April to August of 2002, the group collected data relating with social and economic development in the project affected areas, existing status of highways and the project feasibility study. With the cooperation of departments of highway administration, environmental protection, cultural relics administration and forestation, the completed work contains site visits, investigation, public participation, and consultation along S325Shitai - Qiaotoudian highway section, and also includes site investigation relating environmental status, environmental sensitive points and environmental status monitoring along the highway.
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