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Project Number: 45030-002 June 2016 Environmental Monitoring Report Project Number: 45030-002 June 2016 PRC: Yunnan Sustainable Road Maintenance (Sector) Project Prepared by the Yunnan Highway Administration Bureau for the People’s Republic of China and the Asian Development Bank This environmental 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. Asian Development Bank ii PRC: Yunnan Sustainable Road Maintenance (Sector) Project(PRC-3074) The 1st Quarterly Environmental Monitoring Report June 2016 For S211-Kunming to Songming Highway Maintenance Component Prepared by the Yunnan Highway Administration Bureau for the Asian Development Bank Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS I ACKNOWLEDGEMENT VI EXECUTIVE SUMMARY VII I. DESCRIPTION OF THE COMPONENT 1 II. DESCRIPTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT 2 A. Geology 2 B. Climate Condition 2 C. Hydrology 3 D. Natural Resource 3 III. REPORT PREPARATION 4 A. Policy, Legal, and Administrative Framework 4 B. Report Period 5 C. Scope of Environment Monitoring 5 D. Potential Environmental Impacts 6 IV. IMPLEMENTATION OF EMP 8 A. Detailed design drawings and bidding documents 8 B. Institutional Arrangements 8 C. Construction Supervisors 8 D. Implementation status of the mitigation measures 8 E. Analysis of Environmental Monitoring Results 11 F. Institutional Capacity Building and Training 17 V. PUBLIC CONSULTATION, INFORMATION DISCLOSURE AND GRIEVANCE REDRESS MECHANISM 19 A. Public Consultation, Information Disclosure 19 B. Grievance Redress Mechanism (GRM) 20 VI. CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS 22 APPENDIX 1: SUMMARY OF POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS AND THE MITIGATION MEASURES IMPLEMENTED 23 APPENDIX 2: SITE PHOTOS 40 ii LIST OF PICTURES Picture A2- 1 Muddy Road Surface Before Construction 40 Picture A2- 2 Road Surface Before Construction 40 Picture A2- 3 Dusty Road Surface Before Construction 41 Picture A2- 4 Construction Announcement 41 Picture A2- 5 Detour notice 42 Picture A2- 6 GRM Signboard on Construction Site 42 Picture A2- 7 GRM Signboard at Construction Road Section 43 Picture A2- 8 Traffic Personnel Directing Traffic 43 Picture A2- 9 Construction Workers Wearing Safety Clothes 44 Picture A2- 10 Half-range construction, not affecting the traffic 44 Picture A2- 11 Construction workers excavating culvert, building retaining wall, with helmets 45 Picture A2- 12 Establishing Construction Safety Signs 45 Picture A2- 13 Set speed limit sign 46 Picture A2- 14 Set road safety cone 46 Picture A2- 15 Set speed and load limit signs at construction section 47 Picture A2- 16 Renting existing equipments and venues in asphalt mixing station 47 Picture A2- 17 The materials hauling vehicle covered with canvas. 48 Picture A2- 18 Sprinkler suppressing dust 48 Picture A2- 19 Recycling of construction waste 49 Picture A2- 20 Recycling of construction waste+ Dust control measures taken when loading 49 Picture A2- 21 Transporting Construction Waste 50 Picture A2- 22 Collecting lubricating oil from construction vehicle 50 Picture A2- 23 Sensitive point of environmental monitoring 51 Picture A2- 24 Sensitive point of environmental monitoring 51 Picture A2- 25 The staff collected water sample in the reservoir of Xizhelong village 52 Picture A2- 26 Environmental experts testing air quality on site 52 Picture A2- 27 Environmental experts testing noise on site 53 Picture A2- 28 ADB’s environmental experts and social experts conducted training on site 53 Picture A2- 29 Anti-AIDS training 54 Picture A2- 30 Anti-AIDS awareness education board 54 Picture A2- 31 Health Inspection 55 Picture A2- 32 Organizing regular physical examination for the staffs 55 Picture A2- 33 Female Employees 56 Picture A2- 34 Public Opinion Survey along construction road sections 56 iii CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS (as of 21 June 2015) Currency unit – Yuan (CNY) CNY1.00 = $0.1611 $1.00 = CNY6.2085 ABBREVIATIONS ADB – Asian Development Bank ADB SPS – Asian Development Bank Safeguard Policy Statement 2009 CEWP – Construction Environmental Work Plan CIEE – Consolidated Initial Environmental Examination(i.e. many subprojects addressed in one IEE) dBA – A measure of audible (the ear) noise EARF – Environmental Assessment and Review Framework EIA – Environmental Impact Assessment EMP – Environmental Management Plan ESSU – Environment, Social and Safety Unit (established within YHAB) GRM – Grievance Redress Mechanism IEE – Initial Environmental Examination masl – metres above sea level PMO – Project Management Office PPTA – Project Preparation Technical Assistance PRC – People’s Republic of China RP – Resettlement Plan RoW – Right of Way SDAP – Social Development Action Plan SPS 2009 – ADB’s 2009 Safeguard Policy Statement subIDForm – Sub-identification form, provided in the project’s Operations Manual summarizing all features for a subproject vpd – Vehicles per day YEPD – Yunnan Environmental Protection Department YHAB – Yunnan Highway Administration Bureau YHDIC – Yunnan Highway Development and Investment Co. Ltd YPDOT – Yunnan Provincial Department of Transportation YSRI – Yunnan Science and Technology Research Institute of Highways YTPRDI – Yunnan Transport Planning Research and Design Institute iv WEIGHTS AND MEASURES CO – Carbon monoxide kph – Kilometers per hour mu – Land measurement unit = 520m2 NO2 – Nitrate or Nitrogen Dioxide SO2 – Sulphur dioxide TPM – Suspended particulate matter, with particles ≥ 10 microns in size, and a danger to lungs. Also referred to as PM10 NOTE In this report, "$" refers to US dollars. v Monitoring Indicators Water Quality SS – Suspended substance CODcr – Chemical oxygen demand pH – pH value DO – Dissolved oxygen NH3-N – Ammonia nitrogen Air Quality PM10 – Inhalable particulate matter (particle size less than 10 microns, harmful to the lungs) NO2 – Nitrogen dioxide SO2 – Sulfur dioxide This environmental monitoring report is a document of the borrower. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of Asian Development Bank Board of Directors, Management, or staff, and may be preliminary in nature. Your attention is directed to the “terms of use” section of this website. 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. vi Acknowledgement We hereby want to show our great appreciations to all the following parties for their great guide and help on data collection and preparation of this report, including: Mr. Shen Haiping, the deputy director of YHAB, and Mr. Zhang Shijun and Miss. Wu Likun of YHAB; YSRI; Kunming General Section; and the leaders and staff members in S211 line project management office, have spent a large amount of time and efforts. The ADB project environmental specialist and project officer both participated in the completion of this report, and their inputs are acknowledged. The relevant design institutes, construction supervision companies and constructors, other relevant persons and experts participating in preparation of this component. vii Executive Summary 1. The Yunnan Sustainable Road Maintenance (Sector) Project (the Project) is located in Yunnan Province in the People’s Republic of China. The Yunnan Department of Transport (YPDOT) is the executing agency and the Yunnan Highway Administration Bureau (YHAB) the implementing agency. The latter manages non-tolled national highways, provincial roads and important county roads in the province. Condition of the network has been deteriorating resulting in a reduced level of service and safety, increased transport costs and environmental degradation. 2. The Project includes four outputs: maintenance of 866.8 km of national, provincial and county roads (Output 1); pilot of performance-based maintenance contracts (Output 2); development of a road asset management system (Output 3); and institutional development to enhance the performance and sustainability of YHAB road maintenance (Output 4). Maintenance activities will be implemented over five years in four Phases. 3. The Project was estimated to cost CNY 783.5283 million. The ADB loan will finance 68.7% or USD 80 million of the total project costs. YHAB’s Counterpart funds will be CNY 24544.83 or account for 31.3% of total investment. 4. The project management office of G211 line, the constructors and construction supervision companies performed their respective duties in accordance with the EMP. During implementation, environmental mitigation measures were carried out to reduce the impacts of construction on the surrounding environment and people’s health to the minimum as possible. They had minimized the pollution and improved local public transport. 1 I. Description of the Component 1. S211(Songming-Yuxi line) is the important economic links from Xundian county to Songming County, Yiliang County in Kunming city, finally to Yuxi City. The ADB funded pavement restoration component mainly involves repairing the road pavement damage and subgrade gap, safety facilities and collapse, and restoring the original function of road. 2. The phase 1
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