Hebei Small Cities and Towns Development Demonstration Sector Project

Environmental Monitoring Report

Project Number: 40641-013 April 2016

PRC: Hebei Small Cities and Towns Development Demonstration Sector Project

Submitted by: Hebei Project Management Office

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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.

Hebei Small Cities and Towns

Development Demonstration Sector Project

ADB Loan No.: 2574-PRC

Environmental Monitoring Report

Foreign Debt Management Center of Hebei Provincial Government

April 2016

Abbreviations

ADB The Asian Development Bank

EIA Environmental Impact Assessment

EMP Environmental Management Plan

EPB Environmental Protection Bureau

ESE Environmental Supervision Engineer

FYP Five-Year Plan

HPMO Hebei Project Management Office

IA Implementation Agency

PLG Project Leading Group

PPMO Provincial Project Management Office

PRC People’s Republic of China

TSP Total Suspended Solids

Hebei Small Cities and Towns

Development Demonstration Sector Project

Environmental Monitoring Report

1. Introduction

1.1 General

This environmental monitoring report summarizes the activities and performance in environmental aspect during construction and operation of the Project, from loan effectiveness in March 2010 to April 2016.

Environmental monitoring report was initially prepared by the Hebei Provincial Project Management Office (HPMO) with assistance of Phase 1 Consultant (HydroQual Inc. in association with China Construction Design International Group Co. (CCDI) ), and was submitted to ADB semi-annually until the end of 2012. This report was update of the Environmental Monitoring Report dated 30 March 2013 prepared by HydroQual and CCDI, with incorporation of more activities during construction and focusing on activities and environmental monitoring during operation.This report is prepared by HPMO with the assistance of the Consultant for Phase 2, NAREE Consulting Limited.

This report has been organized to comprehensively provide (i) mitigation measures undertaken to minimize adverse environmental impacts during construction and environmental monitoring; (ii) mitigation measures taken during operation and environmental monitoring, and (iii) issues and follow-up actions required.

1.2 Description of the Project

The Project was originally designed to include the subprojects as listed in Table 1.1.

Table 1.1 List of Subprojects Originally Designed

City Subproject Construction Details

Bazhou City Bazhou Drainage Dredging, dressing of river channel, Network Rehabilitation ancillary facilities and greening for Mangniu and Mangniu River River; the new construction of 65,481 m Pollution Remediation sewage network (DN300-1400). Subproject

City Subproject Construction Details

The construction of a water source well with capacity of 20,000 t/d and 16 well Shengfang New Urban houses; Construction of a groundwater Water Supply treatment plant with capacity of 20,000 Subproject m3/d; Construction of 3.5 km transmission pipeline (DN600) and 23,735 m distribution network.

Shijiazhuang Zhaoxian Wastewater The construction of 1.77 km of new trunk City Treatment Phase II sewers and one 50,000 m3/d wastewater Subproject treatment plant.

The construction of 37 new secondary heat Zhaoxian Urban exchange stations, 2 new primary heat Heating Network exchange stations and 29.42 km heating Reconstruction and network; and the reconstruction of 20 Expansion Subproject existing secondary heat exchange stations.

Zhaoxian Municipal The construction of Municipal Solid Waste Solid Waste Integrated treatment plant with capacity of 100 t/d Utilization Phase II using solid waste composting technology Subproject and compound fertilizer technology.

Zhengding County The construction of a solid waste treatment Solid Waste Disposal plant with capacity of 600 ton/day and the Subproject solid waste collection and transfer system.

Tangshan City Fengnan Distract Jin Regulating 3,600 m of Jin Tang Canal; Tang Canal Water Construction of 1,000 m connecting Environment drainage of theme park, 3,200 m Comprehensive connecting drainage of water system and Treatment Subproject construction of theme parks.

Fengnan Distract The construction of a waste water Huanggezhuang Town treatment plant with capacity of 20,000 Wastewater Treatment m3/d and 13.18 km sewage network. Plant Subproject

Zhangjiakou Huaian Water Supply The construction of 28.36 km sewage City and Drainage Network network and 15.62 km water supply Rehabilitation network. Subproject

New construction and rehabilitation of 41 Huaian Heating heat exchange stations, construction of a Network Subproject new 20.63 km hot water networks and 3.17 km steam networks.

City Subproject Construction Details

The construction of one new 20,000 m3/d Zhuolu New Urban water treatment plant, a 2 km transmission Water Supply pipeline and 18.32 km distribution network; Subproject and the rehabilitation of a 47.67 km distribution network.

The construction of one new 20,000 m3/d Zhuolu Wastewater wastewater treatment plant, a 20.57 km Treatment Phase II sewage collection network and a 25.79 km Subproject storm water collection networks.

Chengde City The construction of two water supply plant with capacity of 10,000 m3/d and 20,000 Pingquan Urban Water m3/d respectively, 22 water source wells Supply Subproject and 3 and 31 km transmission pipeline and distribution network.

Pingquan Urban The construction of 13 heating supply Heating Phase II stations with installed capacity of 2×58 Subproject MW, and 8.95 km hot water network.

The expansion of heating plant capacity by Weichang Heating 2x58 MW, the construction of 7 new heat Phase II Subproject exchange stations and 6.1 km of heating network.

The new construction of one 10,000 m3/d Weichang Water water treatment plant, 18 km water Supply Phase II transmission pipeline and a 30.34 km water Subproject distribution network。

Baoding City The construction of one new solid waste Baigou Solid Waste treatment plant that processes 200 t/d Treatment Plant municipal solid waste and 300 ton/day Subproject waste leather.

Baigou Water Supply The construction of one new 30,000 m3/d Subproject water treatment plant and a 24 km network.

Botou City The construction of one new 30,000 m3/d Botou Water Supply water plant and a 20.53 km water Plant and Network transmission pipeline and a 28.84 km new Rehabilitation and rehabilitated water distribution Subproject networks.

Four subprojects have been withdrawn from the project and three new subprojects have been added in the process of project implementation. Two core subprojects have been adjusted in project construction elements. The adjusted project covers sectors including water supply, wastewater treatment, solid waste management and district heating. The adjusted list of subprojects and construction details are shown in Table 1.2.

Table 1.1 List of Subprojects after Adjustment

Subproject Construction Contents

Shijiazhuang City

Zhaoxian Wastewater The construction of 1.77 km new trunk sewers and a Treatment Phase II 50,000 m3/d wastewater treatment plant. Subproject

The construction of 37 new secondary heat exchange Zhaoxian Urban Heating stations, 2 new primary heat exchange stations and Network Reconstruction and 29.42 km heating network; and the reconstruction of Expansion Subproject 20 existing secondary heat exchange stations.

The construction of a solid waste collection and Zhaoxian Solid Waste transportation system with capacity of 315 ton/day and Disposal Project a 200 t/d sanitary landfills plant.

Constructing 20 transfer stations with capacity of 15 t/d Zhengding Environment and a 250 t/d secondary transfer station. Increasing Sanitation Facilities and 365 set/unit facilities in terms of waste cleaning, Management Subproject compacting, transporting, waste absorbing and vehicles, and 1,462 dustbins.

Tangshan City

Fengnan District The construction of a waste water treatment plant with Huanggezhuang Town capacity of 20,000 m3/d and 13.18 km sewage Wastewater Treatment Plant network. Subproject

Zhangjiakou City

Huaian Water Supply and The construction of 28.36 km sewage network and Drainage Network 15.62 km water supply network. Rehabilitation Subproject

The construction and rehabilitation of 41 heat Huaian Heating Network exchange stations, construction of a new 20.63 km hot

Subproject Construction Contents Subproject water network and 3.17 km steam network.

The construction of one new 20,000 m3/d water Zhuolu New Urban Water treatment plant, a 2 km transmission pipeline and Supply Subproject 18.32 km distribution network; and the rehabilitation of a 47.67 km distribution network.

Zhuolu Wastewater The construction of one new 20,000 m3/d wastewater Treatment Phase II treatment plant, a 20.57 km sewage collection network Subproject and a 25.79 km storm water collection network.

The construction of a 15123.7 m2 east heating source station includes boiler rooms, fan rooms, control Zhangbei Urban East rooms, ancillary rooms and so on. The installation of Heating Source Station 3x72 MW hot-water chain boilers, 3 boiler automatic Subproject control systems and 3 desulfurization and dedusting equipment.

Chengde City

The construction of two water supply plant with Pingquan Urban Water capacity of 10,000 m3/d and 20,000 m3/d respectively, Supply Subproject 22 water source wells and 3 and 31 km transmission pipeline and distribution network.

The construction of 13 heating supply stations with Pingquan Urban Heating installed capacity of 2×58 MW, 13 heating stations and Phase II Subproject 8.95 km hot water network.

The expansion of heating plant capacity by 2x58 MW, Weichang heating Phase II the construction of 7 new heat exchange stations and Subproject 6.1 km of heating network

The new construction of one 10,000 m3/d water Weichang Water Supply treatment plant, 18 km water transmission pipeline and Phase II Subproject a 30.34 km water distribution network.

The construction of a 20,000 m3/d wastewater Longhua Wastewater treatment plant with the effluent quality meeting the Treatment Subproject first class of A standard of PRC. The construction of 18.69 km supporting sewer network (DN300-DN1500).

Baoding City

The construction of one new solid waste treatment Baigou Solid Waste plant that processes 200 t/d of municipal solid waste Treatment Plant Subproject and 300 t/d of waste leather.

Subproject Construction Contents

Botou City

The construction of one new 30,000 m3/d water plant Botou Water Supply Plant and a 20.53 km water transmission pipeline and a and Network Rehabilitation 28.84 km new and rehabilitated water distribution Subproject network.

The construction components include the laying of water distribution network with 22,914 m (DN160 PE Botou Water Distribution pipe), 39,370 m (DN110 PE pipe), 26,828 m (DN75 PE Network Rehabilitation pipe), 151,056 m (DN63 PE pipe) and 68.9 km (DN25 Subproject PVC-M pipe), and 28,536 domestic water meters, supporting valves and chambers.

Locations of these subprojects are illuustrated in Figure 1.1.

Weichang County Water Supply

（Phase II） Weichang County District 围场县城及周边地区供水二期工 Heating（Phase II）

程 Longhua County Miaoshan WWTP Zhangbei County Urban East 围场县城集中供热二期工程

Station Heating Supply 隆化县庙山污水处理厂工程

Pingquan County Water Supply Huaian County Water Supply and Huaian County District Heating 张北县城区东站热源厂建设工程

Drainage Pipeline and Pipeline Pingquan County District 平泉县城区供水工程 Heating（Phase II）怀安县县城给排水管网改造工程怀安县城集中供热管网工程 Zhuolu County WWTP(Phase II)

平泉县城区集中供热二期工程涿鹿县污Zhuolu C水ounty处理二期工程 Water Supply

Fengnan Huanggezhuang WWTP 涿鹿县城新区供水工程

丰南区黄各庄镇污水处理厂工程 Baigou Solid Waste Treatment

白沟区垃圾处理工程

Zhengding County Solid Waste Botou Water Distribution

Treatment Pipeline

Botou Water Supply and Zhao County WWWTP（Phase II）正定县城区环卫设施与管理项目泊头市区配水管网改造完善工程 Pipeline 赵Zh县污水处理二期工程ao County Solid Waste

Treatment（Phase II）泊头市地表水厂及管网改造工程 Zhao County District Heatingg 赵县生活垃圾处理工程 and Pipeline

赵县城区供暖管网改扩建工程

Figure 1.1 Suubproject Location Map

1.3 Description of the Environment

1.3.1 Physical Environment

Hebei Province is located in northern part of PRC. Most of central and southern Hebei lies within the North China Plain. The province borders Liaoning to the northeast, Inner Mongolia to the north, Shanxi to the west, Henan to the south, and Shandong to the southeast. Beijing and Tianjin, two major cities in PRC, are situated at the center of Hebei. The Bohai Bay of the Yellow Sea lies to the east of Hebei. Its coastline extends 487 kilometers, and the total area of the province is 187,700 square kilometers (72,500 square miles). In year 2010, the province has a population of 71.85 million with a density of 372 per square kilometer.

The Hai River watershed covers most of the province’s central and southern parts, and the Luan River watershed covers the northeast. Not counting the numerous reservoirs to be found in Hebei’s hills and mountains, the largest lake in Hebei is Baiyangdian, located mostly in Anxin County.

Hebei lies in the temperate zone and has a continental monsoon climate, with cold, dry winter and hot, humid summer. Temperatures average -16 to -2 degree centigrade in January and 20 to 27 degree centigrade in July. In most of areas, the change of seasons is distinct, with yearly sunshine averaging 2,500 to 3,100 hours. The annual frost-free period lasts about 120 to 200 days. The annual precipitation ranges from 300 to 800 millimeters, concentrating heavily in summer.

1.3.2 Social and Economic Conditions

Hebei’s industrial structure is dominated by traditional capital-intensive resources processing industries. The main industries include textiles, coal, steel, iron, engineering, chemical production, petroleum, power, ceramics and food. The province remains a largely underdeveloped area, with limited economic, social, or political linkages with Beijing and Tianjin, despite proximity to these major cities. 40% of labor force works in the agriculture, forestry and animal husbandry sectors, with the majority of production from these industries going to Beijing and Tianjin. Hebei suffers from underdeveloped urban-rural linkages, underinvestment, weak urban management, and significant deterioration of the natural environment, including depleting water resources.

Hebei’s Social and Economic Development 11th FYP 2006-2010 calls for developing a more balanced urban system through the growth of medium-sized cities that can serve as economic centers for surrounding towns. County-level cities and towns, in turn, are expected to enhance their economic integration with rural areas that depend primarily on agriculture. In this respect, town and county-level city development contributes directly to the provincial objective of promoting integrated rural and urban development. The main constraint on town development is inadequate urban infrastructure and

service, according to the Hebei Urban Construction 11th FYP 2006-2010. Towns need more reliable and sustainable water supply and energy services to attract private sector investments that can create jobs and attracts migrants. At the same time, improved wastewater and solid waste disposal is necessary to mitigate the environmental impacts of rapid economic growth and improve the living condition of local residents.

2. Implementation Progress

As of April 2016, 14 of the 18 subprojects have finished physical construction and stepped into commission and operation stage. Zhengding Solid Waste, Longhua Wastewater, and Botou Water Networks have almost finished civil works and equipment installation. Construction of Zhao County solid waste subproject is in progress and is planned to be completed by June 2016.

3. EIA Management

The EIA reports of all sub-projects have been approved by Hebei Environmental Protection Bureau, including the three newly added subprojects.

The construction site of Botou Water Supply and Pipeline sub-project has been relocated a little from the original plan to avoid any unnecessary disturbance. The new site is located 400m to north and 40m to east related to the original selected site. There are no buildings and villages within 200m on the new site. The IA has reported this change to Hebei Provincial Environment Protection Bureau, Botou County Environment Protection Bureau and PMO. The EIA report has been updated and approved by the Hebei Provincial Environment Protection Bureau.

The EIA for Baigou Solid Waste Treatment Plant have been approved in January 2009 by Hebei provincial EPB, the construction site is planned to be located at 124mu waste land belonging to the Xuchang and Yuzhuang village collectives, which had been earth-taking pit of a brick factory and then developed as solid waste dumping yard of the whole town. This land is called originally land. The treatment components in this EIA version include domestic solid waste and waste artificial leather.

The EIA for Baigou Box Making Waste Treatment have been approved in April 2010 by Hebei provincial EPB. The treatment components in this EIA version include box making waste. The construction site is planned to be located at the land beside originally land, this land has 3 meter distance with originally land.

The relationship maps on construction sites with villages of 2009 version EIA and 2010 version EIA both are not correct. The health protection distance in these two version EIAs are 500m. The villages number within 600m are checked again, the results are shown that only Xilu village and Yuzhuang village are located within 500-600m distance from proposed construction site. The distance between Xilu village and construction site is 520m, the distance between Yuzhuang village and construction

site is 600m. The updated figure for the relationship on construction siite with village is shown as in Figure 3.1.

Figure 3.1 Location of Baigou Solid Waste Treatment Plant

4. Implementation of Mitigation Measures during Construction

Construction activities have caused some unfavorable environmental immpacts such as wastewater, dust, noise, traffic conggestion and solid waste etc. Howeever, mitigating measures have been implemented prroperly by the contractors and the IAs.

Dusty materials were shielded or covered and the vehicles were cleaned before

leaving the construction sites to reduce air pollution. Construction was conducted in hoard sites and the use of noisy machinery was avoided as much as possible. Construction activities were scheduled so that disturbance to the residents can be minimized during their rest time. Solid wastes those were produced during construction such as excavated earth and dredged sludge were transported via the designated routes to the designated disposal sites in accordance with the requirements stipulated by the relevant government regulations. Drinking water was from the municipal water supply, and wastewater was discharged into local municipal sewer systems. Solid waste from the construction camps and sites was collected into garbage bins and then transported to designated municipal landfill sites.

There were no significant impacts on nearby sensitive areas. Detailed mitigation measures implemented during construction are presented by subproject in Appendices of this report.

5. Environmental Monitoring during Construction

5.1 Internal Environmental Monitoring

Internal environmental monitoring at construction sites was conducted by contractors’ qualified personnel and supervised by construction supervision companies and the IAs. The internal monitoring results were presented in the contractors’ daily records and weekly reports as well as the supervision companies’ monthly reports. The internal monitoring results showed that the environmental condition in the construction areas has been well maintained; no significant environmental problems have been reported.

5.2 External Environmental Monitoring

Since 2010, IAs have appointed local Environmental Monitoring Station as their external environmental monitoring agency. Monitoring during construction was conducted, as summarized in Table 5.1. The impacts on the environment by the construction activities have been identified and tracked, and further mitigation measures required have been proposed.

Based on external environmental monitoring data, the baseline and construction phase environmental monitoring for TSP met the national standard II except Huaian heating, water supply and sewage networks subprojects, and the baseline and construction phase environmental monitoring for noise met the national standard II in all components. Those results are acceptable to meeting the requirement of the environmental management.

Since 2010, the environmental monitoring on the baseline and the construction phase for TSP has implemented 2-3 times for each subproject, the results showed that all baseline and construction phase monitoring data for TSP in Huaian failed to meet applicable national standard II. Based on the comparison between the baseline and

construction phase monitoring results, it is concluded that the baseline TSP indicator has already exceeded the national standard II in Huaian and the construction activities has insignificant impact in terms of TSP.

Table 5.1 External Environmental Monitoring during Construction

Subproject Times of Monitoring Monitoring Remark Parameter

Zhao County District Heating 1 in the second half 2010 Air (TSP) Baseline monitoring at all points with 100% cases meeting standard 1 in the first half 2011 Noise All monitoring points during construction with 1 in the second half 2011 100% cases meeting standard.

Zhao County District WWTP 1 in the second half 2010 Air (TSP) Baseline monitoring at all points with 100% cases (Phase II) meeting standard; 1 in the first half 2011 Noise All monitoring points during construction with 1 in the first half 2012 100% cases meeting standard.

Zhao County Solid Waste 1 in the first half 2016 Air (TSP) All monitoring points during construction with 100% Disposal cases meeting standard. Noise

Huaian County Water Supply 2 in the second half 2010 Air (TSP) Baseline monitoring at all points no case meeting and Sewage Pipeline standard; 1 in the first half 2011 All monitoring points during construction no case meeting standard.

Noise Baseline monitoring at all points with 100% cases meeting standard

All monitoring points during construction with 100% cases meeting standard.

Huaian County District Heating 2 in second half 2010 Air (TSP) Baseline monitoring at all points no case meeting and Pipeline standard;

All monitoring points during construction no case meeting standard.

Noise Baseline monitoring at all points with 100% cases meeting standard.

All monitoring points during construction with 100% cases meeting standard.

Weichang County Water 2 in the second half 2010 Air (TSP) Baseline monitoring at all points with 100% case Supply (Phase II) meeting standard. 1 in the second half 2011 Noise All monitoring points during construction with 1 in the second half 2012 100% cases meeting standard.

Weichang County District 1 in the first half 2010; Air (TSP); Baseline monitoring at all points with 100% case Heating (Phase II) meeting standard. 1 in the first half 2011 Noise All monitoring points during construction with 100% cases meeting standard

Botou Water Supply and 1 in the second half 2010 Air (TSP) Baseline monitoring at all points with 100% case Pipeline meeting standard. 1 in the first half 2011 Noise All monitoring points during construction with 1 in second the half 2011 100% cases meeting standard

Pingquan County District 1 in the first half 2012 Air (TSP) Most of TSP monitoring points during construction Heating (Phase II) meeting standard; Noise All noise monitoring points during construction with 100% cases meeting standard

Pingquan County Water Supply 1 in the first half 2012 Air (TSP) Most of TSP monitoring points during construction and baseline meeting standard; 1 in second the half 2012 Noise All noise monitoring points during construction and baseline with 100% cases meeting standard.

Fengnan Huanggezhuang 1 in the second half 2011 Air (TSP) Baseline monitoring at all points with 100% case WWTP meeting standard. 1 in the second half 2011 Noise All monitoring points during construction with 1 in the first half 2012 100% cases meeting standard

Zhengding Environment 1 in second half 2015 Air (TSP) All monitoring points during construction with Sanitation Facilities and 100% cases meeting standard Noise Management

Baigou Solid Waste 1 in the first half 2011 Air (TSP) Baseline monitoring at all points with 100% case Treatment Plant meeting standard. 1 in the second half 2011 Noise All monitoring points during construction with 100% cases meeting standard.

1 in the first half 2012 Air (TSP) All monitoring points during construction with 100% cases meeting standard. Noise

1 in the first half 2014 Air (TSP) All the two TSP monitoring points during construction were slightly worse than limits of the Noise applicable standard.

All noise monitoring points during construction with 100% cases meeting standard.

Zhuolu County WWTP 1 in the second half 2011 Air (TSP) All monitoring points during construction with 100% (Phase II) cases meeting standard Noise

1 in the first half 2012 Air (TSP) All monitoring p oints during construction with 100% cases meeting standard Noise

Zhuolu County Water Supply 1 in the second half 2010 Air (TSP) Baseline monitoring at all points with 100% cases meeting standard. 1 in the second half 2011 Noise All monitoring points during construction with 100% cases meeting standard.

Botou Water Distribution Air (PM10) No monitoring was conducted during construction Network Rehabilitation as specified in the EMP. No more monitoring will Noise be arranged as construction activities have been finished except household connections.

Longhua Wastewater 1 in the second half 2014 for Air (PM10) All monitoring points during construction with Treatment WWTP construction 100% cases meeting standard. Noise 1 in the second half 2014 for All monitoring points during construction with WWTP construction and for 100% cases meeting standard. sewer construction

Zhangbei Urban East Heating 1 in the second 2012 for Air (TSP) Baseline monitoring at all points with 100% cases Source Station baseline monitoring meeting standard. Noise 1 in the second half 2014 for All monitoring points during construction with monitoring during construction 100% cases meeting standard.

As shown in Table 5.1, results of monitoring during construction of Huaian County district heating and water/sewage pipelines show that the ambient air (TSP) failed to meet applicable national standards while the ambient noise did meet the national standard. It was also found that there were activities such as coal burning and transportation in the area where the construction of the project was conducted. The incompliance of the ambient air quality in terms of TSP in Huaian could be due to the already polluted ambient environmental conditions. Nevertheless, construction activities of the project must have some contributions to the unfavorable impacts on the surrounding environment, but not significant. 6. Mitigation Measures and Monitoring during Operation

6.1 Mitigation Measures during Operation

As predicted in the EIAs, adverse environmental impacts may be caused by the facilities during operation, and mitigation measures have been specified in the EMPs. Field visits and information collected by the Consultant reveal that majority of the mitigation measures have been properly implemented and adverse impacts have been well mitigated to an acceptable level. Major mitigation measures that have been taken during operation include:  Noise control: underground or indoor operation of the equipment, and noise reduction measures; sufficient protection distance;  Odor control: proper treatment and disposal of solid waste/sludge in a timely manner, sufficient protection distance;  Discharge/emission control: proper treatment and stringent monitoring to ensure compliance with applicable standard to avoid pollution to ambient air and water environment;  Solid waste disposal. 6.2 Internal and External Monitoring during Operation

As agreed with ADB, monitoring of the facilities was done once for each subproject during operation, except Zhao County Solid Waste, Zhengding Solid Waste and Longhua Wastewater subprojects that have not started commissioning. Monitoring results show that all the facilities meet applicable standards during operation in terms of noise, wastewater discharge, and air pollutant emission. Details are shown in the appendices. 7. Environmental Institutional Strengthening and Capacity Building

In general, the construction of the project is undertaken by contractors, supervised by construction supervision companies and managed by the IAs, and environmental institutional arrangement is established with personnel designated for environmental management, monitoring, supervising and reporting. Their responsibilities and interactive cooperation are clearly defined in the established system. The IAs in this Project include (1) Zhao County City Construction Investment Co., Ltd., (2) Hebei Changshan Solid Waste Treatment Co., Ltd., (3) Tangshan Fengnan Huichong Waste Water Treatment Co., Ltd., (4) Huaian Water Supply Company, (5) Huaian Qingyuan Waste Water Treatment Co., Ltd., (6) Huaian Huayuan Heating Power Co., Ltd., (7) Zhuolu County Boda Construction Development Co., Ltd., (8) Zhuolu Water Supply Company, (9) Pingquan Water Supply Company, (10) Chengde Longhong Heating Co., Ltd., (11) Weichang Water Supply Company, (12) Weichang Heating Co., Ltd., (13) Baigou Jingzheng Solid Waste Treatment Company, (14) Botou City Water

Supply Company, (15) Longhua County Housing and Urban-Rural Deveelopment Bureau, and (16) Zhangbei County Huaying Heating Company Ltd. The structure for the environmental management during construction and operation is shown in Figure 7.1. The environmental management systeem has been improved and strenggthened progressively during construction and operation. All awarded civil contractors have been managed with personnel designated for environmental management, monitoring, superrvising and reporting.

Figure 7.1 Institutional Sttructure of Environmental Management

Allocation of responsibilities is given in Table 7.1.

Table 7.1 Responsibilities for Environmental Management

Agency Responsibility

ADB Overall inspection and supervision of EMPP implementation

PLG Overall supervision

PPMO Overall supervision and coordination with ADB

EIA approval and supervision on environmental management EPB during construction and operaation

Ensuring incorporation of environmental measures into civil work contracts and proper implementatiion, reporting IA environmental performance, settlement of public complaints. Implementation of mitigation measures durring operation in the event IA is responsible for facility operation.

External Monitoring Independent environmental monitoring during construction Agency and operation.

Assist PPMO and the IAs in implementing the mitigation Consultant measures and reporting.

Environmental Site inspection and reporting of implementation performance Supervision Engineer of the mitigation measures during construction

Implementation of mitigation measures during construction Contractor and operation.

8. Data and Information

Environmental data and information collected to-date for reference are listed as below:  EIA reports  Report and Recommendation of the President to the Board of Directors  Loan Agreement  Project Agreement  Internal environmental monitoring reports provided by contractors  Environmental supervision monthly reports  External environmental monitoring reports 9. Applicable Standards

Applicable standards in the EIAs and EMPs include:  Ambient Air Quality Standard (GB3095-1996)  Environmental Quality Standard for Noise (GB3096-2008)  Air Pollutant Emission Standard for Boiler (GB13271-2014)  Standard for Noise Level at Industrial Site Boundary (GB12348-2008)  Wastewater Quality Standard for Discharge into Municipal Sewers (CJ343-2010)  Effluent Quality Standard of Municipal WWTP (GB18918-2002)  Standard for Odor Pollutant Emission (GB14554-93)  Integrated Wastewater Discharge Standard (GB8978-1996)  Integrated Air Pollutant Emission Standard (GB16297-1996)  Standard for Drinking Water Quality (GB5749-2006) Among these standards, Standards for Air Quality (GB3095-1996) has been replaced by Standards for Air Quality (GB3095-2012), which is effective since 1 January 2016. 10. Issues and Follow-up Actions Required

Field visits and information collection indicate that water source protection is a major concern and should be attached more importance, especially for Pingquan Water Supply Subproject. Water source protection zone should be legally designated and necessary protection

measures should be taken. This will be followed in the next stage. Zhengding solid waste, Longhua wastewater and Zhao County solid waste subprojects will commence commissioning in the second half of 2016, monitoring during operation has been required and information will be collected and reflected in project completion report as available. Currently solid waste collected in Zhengding is transported to Lanchi Solid Waste Treatment Plant located in Shijiazhuang. Due to urban development, this facility will be relocated soon but will continue the contract for receiving solid waste from Zhengding. Relocation will be followed and information of the new facility will be collected.

Appendix 1 Environmental Report Zhao County Urban Heating Networks Construction and Rehabilitation

1. Description of the Sub-component

This component consists of the construction of 29.42 km of heating pipelines, 2 heating supply stations, new construction and rehabilitation of 57 secondary heat exchange stations. 2. Implementation Progress

Construction activities commenced in February 2011and physical construction was finished in 2015. The facility is in operation stage. 3. Implementing of Mitigation Measures and Monitoring during Construction

3.1 Mitigation Measures

Construction activities of the pipeline and substations have caused some unfavorable environmental impacts such as dust, noise, traffic congestion and solid waste etc. During construction, measures have been properly implemented by the contractors to mitigate the unfavorable environmental impacts, including dust control, solid waste disposal, traffic congestion control, noise control and ecological protection of disturbed soil. 3.2 Environmental Monitoring

The contractor appointed a person to be responsible for internal environmental monitoring for daily site inspection and implementation of mitigation measures. Additionally an environmental supervision engineer was appointed by the construction supervision company to ensure proper implementation of the mitigation measures. The internal monitoring results show that the environment in the construction areas has been well maintained, and no significant environmental problems have taken place and no grievances have been received. The internal monitoring results are presented in the contractors’ weekly reports and the environmental supervision engineers’ monthly reports. The external environmental monitoring agency is Zhao County Environmental Monitoring Station. Air (TSP) baseline monitoring exercises at two points located site of first heating supply station and noise baseline monitoring exercises at one point located site of first heating supply station were conducted on 15 November 2010. The air (TSP) construction phase monitoring exercises at 4 points respectively located site of first heating supply station, Zi Qian road and Rong Tong road and noise construction phase monitoring exercises at two point located site of first heating supply station and Zi Qian road were conducted on 09 June 2011. The air (TSP) construction phase monitoring exercises at two point located border of first heating supply site and office area on 09 December 2011, the noise construction phase monitoring exercises at one point located border of first heating supply site on 08 December 2011 .The monitoring and assessment results are shown in Table 1 to Table 4. 3.2.1 Air (TSP)

Results of monitoring during construction and assessment are shown in Table 2.

Table 1 Air (TSP) Baseline Monitoring and Assessment

Results Monitoring Location PMS mg/m3

#1 Left location of station 0.104 100%

#2 Right location of station 0.095 100%

Table 2 Air (TSP) Monitoring and Assessment

Results Monitoring Location PMS mg/m3

Border of Station 0.079-0.086 100%

Along Pipeline 0.095-0.099 100%

3.2.2 Noise

A noise baseline monitoring was conducted at one point located site of first heating supply station on 15 November 2010. The monitoring point for baseline is located in area where the Class II standard of GB3096-2008 applies. The monitoring results of Table 3 show that noise baseline met the national Class II standard. The results showed that the noise environment was good at monitoring point.

Table 3 Noise Baseline Monitoring and Assessment

Monitoring Results Standard Monitoring Location PMS Limit dB(A) dB(A) location of Proposed Station Daytime Night Day: 60 100% Site 57.5 47.3 Night:50

A noise monitoring for construction phase was conducted at two points on 09 June 2011. The monitoring points for construction phase are located in area where Class II standard of GB3096-2008 applies. The monitoring results of Table 4 show that noise environment during construction met the national Class II standard during construction. This indicates that noise mitigation measures have been well implemented by the contractors during construction.

Table 4 Construction Phase Noise Monitoring and Assessment

Monitoring Results Standard Limit Monitoring Location PMS dB(A) dB(A)

Proposed Station Site Day: 57.0 Night: 48.5 100% Day: 60 Border of Station Day: 58.7 Night: 49.5 100% Night: 50 Along Pipeline Day: 57.8 Night:48.9 100%

4. Implementing of Mitigation Measures and Monitoring during Operation

4.1 Mitigation Measures

Major impact during operation is noise of the heating supply station and exchange substations. Mitigation measures have been adopted during design stage. The equipment is installed underground or indoors, and vibration attenuation measures have been taken. These measures have adequately mitigated noise impact. 4.2 Environmental Monitoring

Noise level was monitored at the primary heating supply station (Zhao County West Area Primary Station) and two representative heating substations (Bishui Residential Area Phase 1 Substation, Communist Party Training School Substation) in residential areas. The monitoring results are given in Table 5.

Table 5 Results of Noise Monitoring

Monitoring Limit of Compliance Parameter Result Standard with Standard

West Area Primary Station

Leq dB(A) 54.2-58.1 60 (daytime) yes

Leq dB(A) 45.3-47.6 50 (night) yes

Bishui Phase 1 Substation

Leq dB(A) 57.7 60 (daytime) yes

Leq dB(A) 46.7 50 (night) yes

Communist Party Training School Substation

Leq dB(A) 56.7 60 (daytime) yes

Leq dB(A) 45.7 50 (night) yes

Results of monitoring during operation show that noise mitigation measures have been well implemented and applicable standards are met.

Appendix 2 Environmental Report Zhao County District WWTP (Phase II) 1. Description of the Sub-component

This component includes the construction of wastewater treatment plant with capacity 50000m3/day. 2. Construction Progress

Construction of civil contracts commenced in February 2011 and finished and accepted in 2012. The facility is in operation stage. 3. Implementing of Mitigation Measures during Construction

Construction activities of the wastewater treatment plant have produced some unfavorable environmental impacts such as dust, noise, and solid waste etc. During construction, however, measures have been properly implemented by the contractors to mitigate the unfavorable environmental impacts: Dust control: The construction sites are hoarded screening out some dust emission. Dusty materials are shielded or covered and the vehicles are cleaned before leaving the site to reduce air pollution. Some workers are arranged to clean the site periodically to prevent dust from generation on windy days; Solid waste disposal: All excavated earth is transported out of the site as solid waste along a designated route to a designated disposal site in accordance with the requirements stipulated by the relevant government department; Noise control: Hoarding has been set up along the construction sites for closure, which helps to screen noise. Besides, the use of noisy machinery is avoided as much as possible. Construction activities are scheduled to minimize disturbance to residents’ rest time. License should be obtained for unavoidable night-time construction; Ecologic protection: Some greenbelts or roads are temporarily used for construction. In such case, the contractors have reported to and then obtained prior approval from the relevant government department. After the construction is completed, the disturbed land has been restored by planting to reduce soil erosion and maintain the ecological environment. 4. Environmental Monitoring during Construction

4.1 Internal Monitoring

The contractor appointed a full-time staff to be responsible for internal and daily environmental monitoring. Additionally, an environmental supervision engineer was appointed by the construction supervision company to ensure proper implementation of the mitigation measures. The internal monitoring results show that the environment in the construction areas has been well maintained, and no significant environmental problems have taken place and no grievances have been reported. The internal monitoring results are presented in the contractors’ weekly reports and the environmental supervision engineers’ monthly reports. 4.2 External Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

The external environmental monitoring agency is Zhao County Environmental Monitoring 26

Station. Air (TSP) baseline monitoring exercises at one point located site of proposed WWTP (II) and noise baseline monitoring exercises at one point located site of proposed WWTP (II) were conducted on 15 Nov 2010. The air (TSP) construction phase monitoring exercises at 2 points respectively located site of proposed WWTP (II) and existing WWTP (I) and noise construction phase monitoring exercises at one point located site of proposed WWTP (II) were conducted on 09 June 2011 and 10 June 2012. The monitoring and assessment results are shown in Table 1 to Table 4. 4.2.1 Air (TSP)

All monitoring points for baseline are located in area where the Class II standard of GB3095-1996 applies. The monitoring results of Table 1 show that air (TSP) baseline were better than the national Class II standard. This indicates that air baseline in the component area was satisfactory. All monitoring points for construction phase are located in area where Class II standard of GB3095-1996 applies. The monitoring results in Table 2 show that air quality during construction were better than the national Class II standard. This indicates the air quality during construction in the component area were satisfactory.

Table 1 Air (TSP) Baseline Monitoring and Assessment

Results Standard Value Monitoring Location PMS mg/m3 mg/m3

Site of the Proposed WWTP (II) 0.075 100% 0.3

Table 2 Construction Phase Air (TSP) Monitoring and Assessment

Results Standard Value Monitoring Point PMS mg/m3 mg/m3

Site of the Proposed WWTP (II) 0.073-0.082 100% 0.3 Existing WWTP(I) 0.074-0.085 100%

4.2.2 Noise

A noise baseline monitoring was conducted at one point located site of proposed WWTP (II) on 15 Nov 2010. The monitoring point for baseline is located in area where the Class II standard of GB3096-2008 applies. The monitoring results of Table 3 show that noise baseline met the national Class II standard. The results show that the noise environment was good at monitoring point.

Table 3 Noise Baseline Monitoring and Assessment

Monitoring Results Standard Value Monitoring Point PMS dB(A) dB(A)

Site of the Proposed Day: 60 Day: 53.5 Night: 43.3 100% WWTP (II) Night: 50

A noise monitoring for construction phase was conducted at one point on 09 June 2011 and 10 June 2012. The monitoring points for construction phase are located in area where Class II standard of GB3096-2008 applies. The monitoring results of Table 4 show that noise environment during construction met the national Class II standard during construction. This indicates that noise mitigation measures have been well implemented by the contractors during construction phase.

Table 4 Construction Phase Noise Monitoring and Assessment

Monitoring Results Standard Value Monitoring Point PMS dB(A) dB(A)

Site of construction Day: 60 Day: 54.3 Night: 46.1 100% WWTP(II) Night:50

5. Implementation of Mitigation Measures and Monitoring during Operation

5.1 Mitigation Measures

Major adverse impacts during WWTP operation include: impact of noise and odor to nearby sensitive receptors, impact of WWTP discharge to the receiving water body, and impact of solid waste (screen waste and wastewater sludge) to the environment. Mitigation measures have been properly adopted during design and operation stages, including:  300m health protection distance is set to reduce odor impact;  Noise reduction measures;  Sufficient treatment of wastewater to meet discharge standard; and  Safe treatment and disposal of screen waste and wastewater sludge. Originally designed treatment and disposal approach of screen waste and wastewater sludge is transported to Hebei Luyuan Organic Fertilizer Plant as raw material. Due to constraint of market demand, this approach became impractical, and has been changed to natural drying and landfilling. 5.2 Environmental Monitoring

Environmental monitoring was done during operation in terms of wastewater discharge, odor and noise control and impact to receiving water body, and the results are shown in

Table 5 and Table 6.

Table 5 Monitoring of WWTP Operation

Monitoring Limit of Compliance with Parameter Result Standard Standard

Wastewater

pH 7.19-7.37 6-9 yes

CODcr, mg/l 45 50 yes

BOD5, mg/l 1.37 10 yes

NH3-N, mg/l 2.77 5 yes

SS, mg/l 8 10 yes

TP, mg/l 0.10 1 yes

Waste Gas

3 H2S, mg/m 0.008 0.06 yes

3 NH3, mg/m 0.10 1.5 yes

Odor, no unit 10 20 yes

Noise

Leq dB(A) 52.0-56.3 60 (daytime) yes

Leq dB(A) 46.5-48.9 50 (night) yes

Table 6 Water Quality of the Receiving Water Body

Monitoring Limit of Compliance with Parameter Result Standard Standard

Wastewater

pH 7.68 6-9 yes

CODcr, mg/l 48 40 no

BOD5, mg/l 8.66 10 yes

NH3-N, mg/l 3.43 2.0 no

SS, mg/l 5 / /

TP, mg/l 0.38 0.4 yes

Monitoring results show that WWTP discharge meets applicable standards, while water quality of the receiving body cannot meet surface water quality standard (Category V) in terms of COD and Ammonia Nitrogen, which is contributed by multiple pollution sources.

Appendix 3 Environmental Report Zhao County Solid Waste Treatment (Phase II) 1. Description of the Sub-component

This component includes construction of 315t/d solid waste collection and transportation system and sanitary landfill with capacity of 200ton/day. 2. Construction Progress

Physical construction commenced in late 2015, and will be finished by June 2016. 3. Implementing of Mitigation Measures during Construction

Construction activities of the landfill have produced some unfavorable environmental impacts such as dust, noise, and solid waste etc. During construction, measures have been properly implemented by the contractors to mitigate the unfavorable environmental impacts: Dust control: The construction sites are hoarded screening out some dust emission. Dusty materials are shielded or covered and the vehicles are cleaned before leaving the site to reduce air pollution. Watering truck is used to reduce the dust; Solid waste disposal: All excavated earth is transported out of the site as solid waste along a designated route to a designated disposal site in accordance with the requirements stipulated by the relevant government department; Noise control: Hoarding has been set up along the construction sites for closure, which helps to screen noise. Besides, the use of noisy machinery is avoided as much as possible. Construction activities are scheduled to minimize disturbance to residents’ rest time. 4. Environmental Monitoring during Construction

4.1 Internal Monitoring

Environmental supervision engineer has been hired by the IA to be responsible for daily supervision of implementation of mitigation measures. Monthly environmental supervision report was prepared and provided to the IA to reflect environmental performance. 4.2 External Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

The external environmental monitoring agency is Zhao County Environmental Monitoring Station. Noise (5 points) and air (TSP, PM10, 6 points) baseline monitoring results are shown in Table 1. Noise (5 locations) and TSP (onsite and in nearby industrial site) were monitored around the construction site during construction, and monitoring results are listed in Table 2.

Table 1 Baseline Noise and Air Monitoring Results

Monitoring Limit of Compliance Parameter Result Standard with Standard

Noise

Leq dB(A) 56.4-58.7 70 (daytime) yes

Leq dB(A) 46.8-48.5 55 (night) yes

Air

TSP, mg/m3 0.244-0.268 0.3 yes

PM10, mg/m3 0.117-0.139 0.15 yes

Table 2 Noise and TSP Monitoring Results during Construction

Monitoring Limit of Compliance Parameter Result Standard with Standard

Noise

Leq dB(A) 61.1-65.3 70 (daytime) yes

Leq dB(A) 49.4-51.1 55(night) yes

TSP

Onsite, mg/m3 0.269 0.3 yes

Nearby Industrial Site, 0.247 0.3 yes mg/m3

Class 4 for noise control is applied for this area. Monitoring results show that mitigation measures are satisfactory and all applicable standards are met. 5. Implementation of Mitigation Measures and Monitoring during Operation

Operation of the solid waste landfill is expected in late 2016. Major adverse impacts during landfill operation include: impact of odor to nearby sensitive receptors and impact of leachate to groundwater. Mitigation measures and monitoring plan have been developed and included in the EIA.

Appendix 4 Environmental Report Huaian County Water Supply/Sewage Pipelines 1. Description of the Sub-component

This component consists the construction of 15620 m water supply pipelines （DN200-DN600) and 28.36km sewage pipelines (DN300-DN800). 2. 2. Construction Progress

Physical construction has finished and the water and sewage pipelines are in operation stage. 3. 3. Implementing of Mitigation Measures during Construction

Construction activities of the pipelines have produced some unfavorable environmental impacts such as dust, noise, traffic congestion and solid waste etc. During construction, however, measures have been properly implemented by the contractors to mitigate the unfavorable environmental impacts: Dust control: The construction sites are hoarded screening out some dust emission. Dusty materials are shielded or covered and the vehicles are cleaned before leaving the site to reduce air pollution. Some workers are arranged to clean the site periodically to prevent dust from generation on windy days; Solid waste disposal: All excavated earth is transported out of the site as solid waste along a designated route to a designated disposal site in accordance with the requirements stipulated by the relevant government department; Traffic congestion control: IA has made coordination with local traffic management department and contractors. Traffic diversion schemes have been proposed and then properly implemented. Coordinators are designated to assist the traffic police in traffic control; Noise control: Hoarding has been set up along the construction sites for closure, which helps to screen noise. Besides, the use of noisy machinery is avoided as much as possible. Construction activities are scheduled to minimize disturbance to residents’ rest time. The contractors did not implement construction at night-time; Ecologic protection: Some greenbelts or roads are temporarily used for construction. In such case, the contractors have reported to and then obtained prior approval from the relevant government department. After the construction is completed, the disturbed land has been replanted to reduce soil erosion and maintain the ecological environment. 4. Environmental Monitoring during Construction

4.1 Internal Environmental Monitoring

The contractor appointed a full-time employee to be responsible for internal environmental monitoring. Additionally the environmental supervision engineer was appointed by the construction supervision company to ensure proper implementation of the mitigation measures. The internal monitoring results show that the environmet in the construction areas has been well maintained, and no significant environmental problems have taken place and no grievances have been reported. The internal monitoring results

are presented in the contractors’ weekly reports and the environmental supervision engineers’ monthly reports. 4.2 External Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

The external environmental monitoring agency is Huaian County Environmental Monitoring Station. Air (TSP) and noise baseline monitoring for water pipelines were conducted at nine points on 09 Oct 2010 and for sewage pipelines at ten points on 13 Nov 2010. Air (TSP) and noise construction phase monitoring for water pipelines at nine points were conducted respectively on 18 Nov 2010 and 15 Jun 2011. Air (TSP) and noise construction phase monitoring for sewage pipelines at ten points were conducted on 13 Jun 2011. 4.2.1 Air (TSP)

Table 1 Air (TSP) Baseline Monitoring and Assessment

Monitoring Limit of Compliance Parameter Result Standard with Standard

Along Water Pipelines

TSP, mg/m3 0.70-0.80 0.3 no

Along Sewage Pipelines

TSP, mg/m3 0.70-0.88 0.3 no

Monitoring results indicate that baseline TSP is much worse than applicable air quality standard Class 2. All monitoring points for construction phase are located in area where Class II standard of GB3095-1996 applies. Results of monitoring during construction are shown in Table 2.

Table 2 Air (TSP) Monitoring and Assessment during Construction

Monitoring Limit of Compliance Parameter Result Standard with Standard

Along Water Pipelines

TSP, mg/m3 0.73-0.81 0.3 no

Along Sewage Pipelines

TSP, mg/m3 0.64-0.80 0.3 no

Although monitoring results failed to meet applicable air quality standard, comparison with baseline monitoring concludes that construction activities did not have significant impact, and implementation of mitigation measures are acceptable. 4.2.2 Noise

A noise baseline monitoring was conducted at nine points on 09 Oct 2010 for water pipelines and at ten points on 13 Nov 2010 for sewage pipelines. All monitoring points for baseline are located in area where the Class II standard of GB3096-2008 applies. The monitoring results of Table 4 show that noise baseline level met the national Class II standard. Baseline monitoring results are presented in Table 3.

Table 3 Noise Baseline Monitoring and Assessment

Monitoring Limit of Compliance Parameter Result Standard with Standard

Along Water Pipelines

Leq dB(A) 51.5-58.4 60 (daytime) yes

Leq dB(A) 31.7-44.7 50 (night) yes

Along Sewage Pipelines

Leq dB(A) 53.9-57.5 60 (daytime) yes

Leq dB(A) 43.4-50.0 50 (night) yes

All monitoring points for construction phase are located in area where Class II standard of GB3096-2008 applies. Monitoring results during construction are presented in Table 4 and meet applicable standard.

Table 4 Noise Monitoring and Assessment during Construction

Monitoring Limit of Compliance Parameter Result Standard with Standard

Along Water Pipelines

Leq dB(A) 52.3-58.8 60 (daytime) yes

Leq dB(A) 40.8-49.7 50 (night) yes

Along Sewage Pipelines

Leq dB(A) 54.2-58.8 60 (daytime) yes

Leq dB(A) 42.2-50.0 50 (night) yes

Monitoring results show that noise reduction measures have been well undertaken. 5. Mitigation Measures and Monitoring during Operation

There are no adverse environmental impacts associated with operation period, and no monitoring plan has been developed for operation stage.

Appendix 5 Environmental Report Huaian County District Heating and Pipeline 1. Description of the Sub-component

This component consists of construction of 23.80 km of heating pipelines and 41 heating substations. 2. Construction Progress

Physical construction has been finished and the facility is in operation. 3. Implementing of Mitigation Measures

Construction of activities of the pipeline have produced some unfavorable environmental impacts such as dust, noise, traffic congestion and solid waste etc. During construction, however, measures have been properly implemented by the contractors to mitigate the unfavorable environmental impacts: Dust control: The construction sites are hoarded screening out some dust emission. Dusty materials are shielded or covered and the vehicles are cleaned before leaving the site to reduce air pollution. Some workers are arranged to clean the site periodically to prevent dust from generation on windy days; Solid waste disposal: All excavated earth is transported out of the site as solid waste along a designated route to a designated disposal site in accordance with the requirements stipulated by the relevant government department; Traffic congestion control: IA has made coordination with local traffic management department and contractors. Traffic diversion schemes have been proposed and then properly implemented. Coordinators are designated to assist the traffic police in traffic control; Noise control: Hoarding has been set up along the construction sites for closure, which helps to screen noise. Besides, the use of noisy machinery is avoided as much as possible. Construction activities are scheduled to minimize disturbance to residents’ rest time. Night-time construction is not allowed; Ecologic protection: Some greenbelts or roads are temporarily used for construction. In such case, the contractors have reported to and then obtained prior approval from the relevant government department. After the construction is completed, the disturbed land has been replanted to reduce soil erosion and maintain the ecological environment. 4. Environmental Monitoring during Construction

4.1 Internal Environmental Monitoring

The contractor appointed a full-time staff to be responsible for internal environmental monitoring. Additionally, an environmental supervision engineer was appointed by the construction supervision company to ensure proper implementation of the mitigation measures. The internal monitoring results show that the environment in the construction areas has been well maintained, and no significant environmental problems have taken place and no grievances have been reported. The internal monitoring results are presented in the contractors’ weekly reports and the

environmental supervision engineers’ monthly reports. 4.2 External Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

The external environmental monitoring agency is Huaian County Environmental Monitoring Station. Air (TSP) and noise baseline monitoring exercises at seven point along pipeline routes were conducted on 26 Jul 2010, and air (TSP) and noise monitoring during construction along pipeline routes were conducted at seven points on 20 Oct 2010. 4.2.1 Air (TSP)

All monitoring points for baseline are located in area where the Class II standard of GB3095-1996 applies. The monitoring results of Table 1 show that air (TSP) baseline were worse than the national Class II standard. This indicates that air baseline in the component area has not been satisfactory. The pollution could come burning of coal and traffic. All monitoring points for construction phase are located in area where Class II standard of GB3095-1996 applies. The monitoring results show that air quality during construction was worse than the national Class II standard. This indicates the air quality during construction in the component area has not been satisfactory. The reason is that baseline of air (TSP) was worse than the national Class II standard and a large number of construction activities conducted in component area. The accumulated impacts have also caused the poor air quality.

Table 1 Air (TSP) Monitoring and Assessment

Monitoring Limit of Compliance Parameter Result Standard with Standard

Baseline

TSP, mg/m3 0.55-0.79 0.3 no

During Construction

TSP, mg/m3 0.49-0.74 0.3 no

4.2.2 Noise

A noise baseline monitoring was conducted at nine points on 26 July 2010. All monitoring points for baseline are located in area where the Class II standard of GB3096-2008 applies. The monitoring results of Table 2 show that noise baseline met the national Class II standard. Noise level during construction was monitored at seven points on 20 Oct 2010. All monitoring points for construction phase are located in area where Class II standard of GB3096-2008 applies. Comparison with baseline level shows the noise level at monitoring points have a small increase during construction, but still met the national Class II standard.

Table 2 Noise Monitoring and Assessment

Monitoring Limit of Compliance Parameter Result Standard with Standard

Baseline

Leq dB(A) 50.5-56.1 60 (daytime) yes

Leq dB(A) 39.2-48.3 50 (night) yes

During Construction

Leq dB(A) 52.6-58.5 60 (daytime) yes

Leq dB(A) 40.5-46.8 50 (night) yes

5. Implementing of Mitigation Measures and Monitoring during Operation

5.1 Mitigation Measures

Major impact during operation is noise of heat exchange stations. Mitigation measures have been adopted during design stage. The equipment is installed underground or indoors, and vibration attenuation measures have been taken. These measures have adequately mitigated noise impact. 5.2 Environmental Monitoring

Two representative heat exchange substations (Gubao Substation, Huaian Hotel Substation) are selected for monitoring of noise impact. Results of noise monitoring are shown in Table 3.

Table 3 Results of Noise Monitoring

Monitoring Limit of Compliance with Parameter Result Standard Standard

Gubao Substation

Leq dB(A) 51.2-52.9 60 (daytime) yes

Leq dB(A) 40.7-44.2 50 (night) yes

Huaian Hotel Substation

Leq dB(A) 49.6-52.8 60 (daytime) yes

Leq dB(A) 40.5-42.3 50 (night) yes

Monitoring results show that applicable standards are met.

Appendix 6 Environmental Report Weichang County Water Supply (Phase II) 1. Description of the Sub-component

This component consists of construction of one water treatment plant with capacity of10,000 m3/day, 18 km water transmission pipelines from new water resources to the water plant, and 30 km water distribution networks. 2. Construction Progress

Construction has been finished, and the facilities are in operation. 3. Implementing of Mitigation Measures during Construction

Construction of activities of the water supply pipeline and water distribution network have produced some unfavorable environmental impacts such as dust, noise, traffic congestion and solid waste etc. During construction, however, measures have been properly implemented by the contractors to mitigate the unfavorable environmental impacts: Dust control: The construction sites are hoarded screening out some dust emission. Dusty materials are shielded or covered and the vehicles are cleaned before leaving the site to reduce air pollution. Some workers are arranged to clean the site periodically to prevent dust from generation on windy days; Solid waste disposal: All excavated earth is transported out of the site as solid waste along a designated route to a designated disposal site in accordance with the requirements stipulated by the relevant government department; Traffic congestion control: IA has made coordination with local traffic management department and contractors. Traffic diversion schemes have been proposed and then properly implemented. Coordinators are designated to assist the traffic police in traffic control; Noise control: Hoarding has been set up along the construction sites for closure, which helps to screen noise. Besides, the use of noisy machinery is avoided as much as possible. Construction activities are scheduled to minimize disturbance to residents’ rest time. Night-time construction is not allowed; Ecologic protection: Some greenbelts or roads are temporarily used for construction. In such case, the contractors have reported to and then obtained prior approval from the relevant government department. After the construction is completed, the disturbed land has been replanted to reduce soil erosion and maintain the ecological environment. 4. Environmental Monitoring during Construction

4.1 Internal Environmental Monitoring

The contractor appointed a full-time staff to be responsible for internal environmental monitoring. Additionally an environmental supervision engineer was appointed by the construction supervision company to ensure proper implementation of the mitigation measures. The internal monitoring results show that the environment in the construction areas has been well maintained, and no significant environmental problems have taken place and no grievances have been reported. The internal monitoring results are presented in the contractors’ weekly reports and the environmental supervision engineers’ monthly reports. 4.2 External Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

The external environmental monitoring agency is Chengde City Environmental Monitoring Station.

Air (TSP) and noise baseline monitoring exercises at two points were conducted on 14 Sep 2010, and air (TSP) (onsite and site boundary) and noise (onsite and adjacent residential area) construction phase monitoring exercises at two points were conducted on 15 Nov 2010 and 8 June 2012. 4.2.1 Air (TSP)

All monitoring points for baseline are located in area where the Class II standard of GB3095-1996 applies. The monitoring results of Table 1 show that air (TSP) baseline is good to meet the national Class II standard. This indicates that air baseline in the component areas were satisfactory. All monitoring points for construction phase are located in area where Class II standard of GB3095-1996 applies. The monitoring results show that air quality during construction was good to meet the national Class II standard. This indicates the air quality during construction in the component areas were satisfactory.

Table 1 Air (TSP) Monitoring and Assessment

Monitoring Limit of Compliance Parameter Result Standard with Standard

Baseline

TSP, mg/m3 0.110-0.119 0.3 yes

During Construction

TSP, mg/m3 0.158-0.202 0.3 yes

4.2.2 Noise

A noise baseline monitoring was conducted at two points on 14 Sep 2010 and 8 June 2012. All monitoring points for baseline are located in area where the Class II standard of GB3096-2008 applies. The monitoring results of Table 2 show that noise baseline were met the national Class II standard. The results show that the noise environment was good at monitoring points. A noise construction phase monitoring was conducted at two points on 15 Nov 2010. All monitoring points for construction phase are located in area where Class II standard of GB3096-2008 applies. Through comparison with baseline data, the noise level at monitoring points have no increased during construction. The monitoring results show that noise environment during construction met the national Class II standard during construction. This indicates that noise mitigation measures have been well implemented by the contractors during construction.

Table 2 Noise Monitoring and Assessment

Monitoring Limit of Compliance Parameter Result Standard with Standard

Baseline

Leq dB(A) 42.5-44.3 60 (daytime) yes

Leq dB(A) 40.5 50 (night) yes

During Construction

Leq dB(A) 42.9-44.8 60 (daytime) yes

Leq dB(A) 39.0-41.7 50 (night) yes

5. Implementing of Mitigation Measures and Monitoring during Operation

5.1 Mitigation Measures

Mitigation measures during operation have been specified in the EMP, including:  Selection of low-noise equipment and installation of noise reduction facilities;  Proper treatment and disposal of wastewater and solid waste;  Greening;

 Prevention of risk associated with ClO2; and  Water source protection. These measures have been properly taken during design and operation, and no insignificant adverse impacts have been detected. 5.2 Environmental Monitoring

Table 3 Monitoring of WTP Operation

Monitoring Limit of Compliance with Parameter Result Standard Standard

Groundwater

Color 5 15 yes

Turbidity, NTU <1 1 yes

pH 7.70 6.5-8.5 yes

Smell - no yes

Visible Solid no no yes

Total Hardness, 286.10 450 yes CaCO3, mg/l

Fe, mg/l 0.04 0.3 yes

Mn, mg/l 0.10 0.1 yes

Cu, mg/l 0.008 1.0 yes

Zn, mg/l 0.11 1.0 yes

Chloride, mg/l 50 250 yes

As, mg/l <0.01 0.01 yes

Pb, mg/l <0.009 0.01 yes

Cr6+, mg/l <0.007 0.05 yes

TSD, mg/l 498.10 1000 yes

Fluoride, mg/l 0.64 1.0 yes

Sulfate, mg/l 35 250 yes

Nitrate, mg/l 8.0 10 yes

NH3-N, mg/l 0.03 0.5 yes

Volatile Phenol, mg/l <0.002 0.002 yes

Total Bacterial Count, 76 100 yes CFU/ml

Total Coliform, undetected Undetectable yes MPN/100ml

Thermoduric Coliform, undetected Undetectable yes MPN/100ml

E.Coli undetected Undetectable yes

Noise

Leq dB(A) 45.7-53.3 55 (daytime) yes

Leq dB(A) 40.5-42.9 45 (night) yes

Monitoring of sewage is required in the EMP at outlet of septic tank of the WTP. As no sampling location is set, sewage has not been sampled and analyzed.

Appendix 7 Environmental Report Weichang County District Heating (Phase II) 1. Description of the Sub-component

This component consists of construction of 2 boilers with 2 x 58 t/h capacity, 6100 m heating pipelines and 7 heating exchange stations. 2. Construction Progress

Construction has been finished and the facility is in commissioning. 3. Implementing of Mitigation Measures during Construction

Construction of activities of the boiler and pipeline have produced some unfavorable environmental impacts such as dust, noise, traffic congestion and solid waste etc. During construction, however, measures have been properly implemented by the contractors to mitigate the unfavorable environmental impacts: Dust control: The construction sites are hoarded screening out some dust emission. Dusty materials are shielded or covered and the vehicles are cleaned before leaving the site to reduce air pollution. Some workers are arranged to clean the site periodically to prevent dust from generation on windy days; Solid waste disposal: All excavated earth is transported out of the site as solid waste along a designated route to a designated disposal site in accordance with the requirements stipulated by the relevant government department; Traffic congestion control: IA has made coordination with local traffic management department and contractors. Traffic diversion schemes have been proposed and then properly implemented. Coordinators are designated to assist the traffic police in traffic control; Noise control: Hoarding has been set up along the construction sites for closure, which helps to screen noise. Besides, the use of noisy machinery is avoided as much as possible. Construction activities are scheduled to minimize disturbance to residents’ rest time. Night-time construction is not allowed; Ecologic protection: Some greenbelts or roads are temporarily used for construction. In such case, the contractors have reported to and then obtained prior approval from the relevant government department. After the construction is completed, the disturbed land has been restored by planting to reduce soil erosion and maintain the ecological environment. 4. Environmental Monitoring during Construction

4.1 Internal Environmental Monitoring

The contractor appointed a full-time staff to be responsible for internal environmental monitoring and an environmental supervision engineer was appointed by the construction supervision company to ensure proper implementation of the mitigation measures. The internal monitoring results show that the environment in the construction areas has been well maintained, and no significant environmental problems have taken place and no grievances have been reported. The internal monitoring results are presented in the contractors’ weekly reports and the environmental supervision engineers’ monthly reports. 4.2 External Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

The external environmental monitoring agency is Chengde Municipal Environmental Monitoring Station. Air (TSP) and noise baseline monitoring exercises at seven points were conducted on 08

May 2010, and air (TSP) and noise construction phase monitoring exercises at seven points were conducted on 18 March 2011. 4.2.1 Air (TSP)

All monitoring points for baseline are located in area where the Class II standard of GB3095-1996 applies. The monitoring results of Table 1 show that air (TSP) baseline can meet the national Class II standard. This indicates that air baseline in the component area has been satisfactory. All monitoring points for construction phase are located in area where Class II standard of GB3095-1996 applies. The monitoring results show that air quality during construction can meet the national Class II standard. This indicates the air quality during construction in the component area has been satisfactory.

Table 1 Air (TSP) Monitoring and Assessment

Monitoring Limit of Compliance Parameter Result Standard with Standard

Baseline

TSP, mg/m3 0.168-0.179 0.3 yes

During Construction

TSP, mg/m3 0.153-0.176 0.3 yes

4.2.2 Noise

All monitoring points for baseline are located in area where the Class II standard of GB3096-2008 applies. The monitoring results of Table 2 show that noise baseline met the national Class II standard. The results show that the noise environment was good at monitoring points. All Construction monitoring points for construction phase are located in area where Class II standard of GB3096-2008 applies. The monitoring results of Table 2 show that noise environment during construction were still met the national Class II standard during construction. This indicates that noise mitigation measures have been well implemented by the contractors during construction phase.

Table 2 Noise Monitoring and Assessment

Monitoring Limit of Compliance Parameter Result Standard with Standard

Baseline

Leq dB(A) 50.2-57.6 60 (daytime) yes

Leq dB(A) 40.0-48.9 50 (night) yes

During Construction

Leq dB(A) 50.9-58.5 60 (daytime) yes

Leq dB(A) 40.5-48.9 50 (night) yes

5. Implementing of Mitigation Measures and Monitoring during Operation

5.1 Mitigation Measures

Major impact during operation is emission of heating source and noise of heat exchange stations. Mitigation measures have been adopted during design stage to mitigate noise impact. The equipment is installed underground or indoors, and vibration attenuation measures have been taken. These measures have adequately mitigated noise impact. Heating source emission was monitored internally by the facility and externally by local environmental authority regularly. Field visits in late 2015 by the Consultant found that coal storage site cannot meet environmental requirements, as no satisfactory coal retaining or covering measures have been taken. Later, environmental rehabilitation has been taken for improvement. 5.2 Environmental Monitoring

Air Emission Standard of Boiler (GB13271-2014) and Standard for Noise Level at Industrial Site Boundary (GB12348-2008) apply for monitoring of operational period. Monitoring results are presented in Table 3.

Table 3 Emission and Noise Monitoring and Assessment

Monitoring Limit of Compliance Parameter Result Standard with Standard

Air Emission

TSP, mg/m3 32 50 yes

3 SO2, mg/m 122 300

NOx, mg/m3 230 300 yes

Noise

Leq dB(A) 53.0-54.7 60 (daytime) yes

Leq dB(A) 46.2-48.1 50 (night) yes

Monitoring results show that mitigation measures have been adequately taken and operation of heating plant does not significant impact in terms of air pollutant emission and noise.

Appendix 8 Environmental Report Botou Water Supply and Pipeline 1. Description of the Sub-component

This component consists of construction of 30000m3/d water supply treatment plant, 20.53 km water transmission pipelines, and construction and rehabilitation of water distribution networks 28.84 km. 2. Construction Progress

Construction has been finished and the facility is in operation stage. 3. Implementing of Mitigation Measures during Construction

Construction of activities of the pipeline have produced some unfavorable environmental impacts such as dust, noise, traffic congestion and solid waste etc. During construction, however, measures have been properly implemented by the contractors to mitigate the unfavorable environmental impacts: Dust control: The construction sites are hoarded screening out some dust emission. Dusty materials are shielded or covered and the vehicles are cleaned before leaving the site to reduce air pollution. Some workers are arranged to clean the site periodically to prevent dust from generation on windy days; Solid waste disposal: All excavated earth is transported out of the site as solid waste along a designated route to a designated disposal site in accordance with the requirements stipulated by the relevant government department; Traffic congestion control: IA has made coordination with local traffic management department and contractors. Traffic diversion schemes have been proposed and then properly implemented. Coordinators are designated to assist the traffic police in traffic control; Noise control: Hoarding has been set up along the construction sites for closure, which helps to screen noise. Besides, the use of noisy machinery is avoided as much as possible. Construction activities are scheduled to minimize disturbance to residents’ rest time. The contractors do not implement construction at night-time; Ecologic protection: Some greenbelts or roads are temporarily used for construction. In such case, the contractors have reported to and then obtained prior approval from the relevant government department. After the construction is completed, the disturbed land has been replanted to reduce soil erosion and maintain the ecological environment. 4. Environmental Monitoring during Construction

4.1 Internal Environmental Monitoring

The contractor appointed a full-time staff to be responsible for internal environmental monitoring, and an environmental supervision engineer was appointed by the construction supervision company to ensure proper implementation of the mitigation measures. The internal monitoring results show that the environment in the construction areas has been well maintained, and no significant environmental problems have taken place and no grievances have been reported. The internal monitoring results are presented in the contractors’ weekly reports and the environmental supervision engineers’ monthly reports. 4.2 External Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

The external environmental monitoring agency is Boutou County Environmental Monitoring

Station. Air (TSP) baseline monitoring exercises at two points were conducted on 24 Oct 2010, and air (TSP) construction phase monitoring exercises at two points were conducted on 3 Jun 2011 and 01 Dec 2011. As there are no residents and villages within 200m of water supply plant construction site, the noise has no impact to persons with distance over 200m. Therefore, there is no need to conduct noise monitoring. The monitoring results and assessment are shown in Table 1. All monitoring points for baseline are located in area where the Class II standard of GB3095-1996 applies. The monitoring results of Table 1 show that air (TSP) baseline met the national Class II standard. This indicates that air baseline in the component was satisfactory. The results show that the noise environment was good at monitoring points. All monitoring points for construction phase are located in area where Class II standard of GB3095-1996 applies. The monitoring results show that air quality during construction met the national Class II standard. This indicates that noise mitigation measures have been well implemented by the contractors during construction phase.

Table 1 Air (TSP) Monitoring and Assessment

Monitoring Limit of Compliance Parameter Result Standard with Standard

Baseline

TSP, mg/m3 0.19-0.21 0.3 yes

During Construction

TSP, mg/m3 0.19-0.236 0.3 yes

5. Implementing of Mitigation Measures and Monitoring during Operation

5.1 Mitigation Measures

 Prevention of risk associated with ClO2; and  Enclosed coal storage. These measures have been properly taken during design and operation, and no insignificant adverse impacts have been detected. 5.2 Environmental Monitoring

Monitoring was done as specified in the EMP, and results are shown in Table 2.

Table 2 Monitoring of Botou WTP Operation

Limit of Compliance with Parameter Monitoring Result Standard Standard

Air

HCL, mg/m3 Undetected 0.024 yes

Sewage

pH 7.44-7.81 6-9 yes

COD, mg/l 85 500 yes

NH3-N, mg/l 10.8 / yes

SS, mg/l 46 400 yes

Oil and Grease, mg/l 0.14 100 yes

Noise

Leq dB(A) 53.7-59.5 65 (daytime) yes

Leq dB(A) 43.1-48.3 55 (night) yes

Applicable standards include Integrated Wastewater Discharge Standard (GB8978-1996) Class 3, Integrated Air Pollutant Emission Standard (GB16297-1996) and Standard for Noise Level at Industrial Site Boundary (GB12348-2008) Class 3. Monitoring results show that all applicable standards are met.

Appendix 9 Environmental Report Pingquan County District Heating 1. Description of the Sub-component

This component consists of construction of 2 boilers with capacity 2×58MW, 8.95 km of heating pipelines and 13 heat exchange stations. 2. Construction Progress

Construction has been finished and the facility is in commissioning. 3. Implementing of Mitigation Measures during Construction

Construction of activities of the pipeline have produced some unfavorable environmental impacts such as dust, noise, traffic congestion and solid waste etc. During construction, however, measures have been properly implemented by the contractors to mitigate the unfavorable environmental impacts: Dust control: The construction sites are hoarded screening out some dust emission. Dusty materials are shielded or covered and the vehicles are cleaned before leaving the site to reduce air pollution. Some workers are arranged to clean the site periodically to prevent dust from generation on windy days; Solid waste disposal: All excavated earth is transported out of the site as solid waste along a designated route to a designated disposal site in accordance with the requirements stipulated by the relevant government department; Traffic congestion control: IA has made coordination with local traffic management department and contractors. Traffic diversion schemes have been proposed and then properly implemented. Coordinators are designated to assist the traffic police in traffic control; Noise control: Hoarding has been set up along the construction sites for closure, which helps to screen noise. Besides, the use of noisy machinery is avoided as much as possible. Construction activities are scheduled to minimize disturbance to residents’ rest time. Permit should be obtained for unavoidable night-time construction; Ecologic protection: Some greenbelts or roads are temporarily used for construction. In such case, the contractors have reported to and then obtained prior approval from the relevant government department. After the construction is completed, the disturbed land has been restored by planting to reduce soil erosion and maintain the ecological environment. 4. Environmental Monitoring during Construction

4.1 Internal Environmental Monitoring

4.2 External Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

The external environmental monitoring agency is Pingquan County Environmental Monitoring Station. Air (TSP) construction phase monitoring exercises at 26 points and noise construction phase monitoring exercises at 13 points along heating pipeline routes were conducted on 25 June 2012. The monitoring and assessment results are shown in Table 1 and Table 2. 4.2.1 Air (TSP)

All monitoring points for construction phase are located in area where Class II standard of GB3095-1996 applies. The monitoring values are between 0.236-0.346 mg/m3. The monitoring results of Table 1 show that air quality in 7 of the 26 locations during construction could meet the national standard Class II, and slightly worse than the standard in other locations.

Table 1 Air (TSP) Monitoring and Assessment

Monitoring Limit of Compliance Parameter Result Standard with Standard

7 Locations

TSP, mg/m3 0.236-0.294 0.3 yes

19 Locations

TSP, mg/m3 0.305-0.346 0.3 no

4.2.2 Noise

All monitoring points for baseline are located in area where the Class II standard of GB3096-2008 applies. The monitoring results of Table 2 show that noise environment during construction met the national Class II standard during construction. This indicates that noise mitigation measures have been well implemented by the contractors during construction phase.

Table 2 Noise Monitoring and Assessment

Limit of Compliance Parameter Monitoring Result Standard with Standard

Leq dB(A) 52.2-54.9 60 (daytime) yes

Leq dB(A) 39.2-42.5 50 (night) yes

5. Implementing of Mitigation Measures and Monitoring during Operation

5.1 Mitigation Measures

Major impacts during operation include emission of heating source and noise of heat exchange

stations. Mitigation measures have been adopted during design stage to mitigate noise impact. The equipment is installed underground or indoors, and vibration attenuation measures have been taken. These measures have adequately mitigated noise impact. Heating source emission was monitored internally by the facility and externally by local environmental authority regularly. 5.2 Environmental Monitoring

Table 3 Monitoring of Pingquan Heating Source Operation

Limit of Compliance with Parameter Monitoring Result Standard Standard

Air

Fume, Flow Rate, m3/h 221865

3 SO2, mg/m 140 400 yes

SO2, Flow rate, Kg/h 36.39

NOx, mg/m3 168 400 yes

Nox, flow rate, Kg/h 43.93

TSP, mg/m3 73 80 yes

TSP, flow rate, Kg/h 17.31

Noise

Leq dB(A) 53.9-59.8 60 (daytime) yes

Leq dB(A) 46.2-49.8 50 (night) yes

No sewage was monitored as no sampling location could be found.

Table 4 Noise Monitoring of Pingquan Heating Substations

Limit of Compliance Parameter Monitoring Result Standard with Standard

Dongfanglidu Substation

Leq dB(A) 52.2 60 (daytime) yes

Leq dB(A) 42.5 50 (night) yes

Yuyumingzhu Substation

Leq dB(A) 54.1 60 (daytime) yes

Leq dB(A) 40.4 50 (night) yes

Monitoring results show that mitigation measures have been well taken and all the applicable standards are met.

Appendix 10 Environmental Report Pingquan County Water Supply 1. Description of the Sub-component

This component consists of construction of 1 water supply plant with capacity 20000m3/d , 11 water abstraction wells, and 7.7 km water transmission pipelines and 35.5 km water distribution networks. 2. Construction Progress

Construction has been finished and the facility is in commissioning. 3. Implementing of Mitigation Measures during Construction

Construction of activities of the pipeline and water supply plants have produced some unfavorable environmental impacts such as dust, noise, traffic congestion and solid waste etc. During construction, however, measures have been properly implemented by the contractors to mitigate the unfavorable environmental impacts: Dust control: The construction sites are hoarded screening out some dust emission. Dusty materials are shielded or covered and the vehicles are cleaned before leaving the site to reduce air pollution. Some workers are arranged to clean the site periodically to prevent dust from generation on windy days; Solid waste disposal: All excavated earth is transported out of the site as solid waste along a designated route to a designated disposal site in accordance with the requirements stipulated by the relevant government department; Traffic congestion control: IA has made coordination with local traffic management department and contractors. Traffic diversion schemes have been proposed and then properly implemented. Coordinators are designated to assist the traffic police in traffic control; Noise control: Hoarding has been set up along the construction sites for closure, which helps to screen noise. Besides, the use of noisy machinery is avoided as much as possible. Construction activities are scheduled to minimize disturbance to residents’ rest time. Night-time construction is not allowed; Ecologic protection: Some greenbelts or roads are temporarily used for construction. In such case, the contractors have reported to and then obtained prior approval from the relevant government department. After the construction is completed, the disturbed land has been replanted to reduce soil erosion and maintain the ecological environment. 4. Environmental Monitoring During Construction

4.1 Internal Environmental Monitoring

The external environmental monitoring agency is Pingquan County Environmental Monitoring

Station. The environment baseline monitoring for air at 24 points and noise at 12 points were conducted on June 2012. Air (TSP) construction phase monitoring exercises at 24 points and noise construction phase monitoring exercises at 12 points were conducted on 17 December 2012. 4.2.1 Air (TSP)

All monitoring points for baseline are located in area where Class II standard of GB3095-1996 applies. The monitoring values are between 0.219-0.328 mg/m3. The monitoring results of Table 1 show that baseline air quality in most locations could meet the national Class II standard, and air quality at 7 of the 24 locations was slightly worse than the limit. This indicates the baseline air quality component area has been satisfactory generally. All monitoring points for construction phase are located in area where Class II standard of GB3095-1996 applies. The monitoring values are between 0.204-0.361mg/m3. The monitoring results of Table 1 show that air quality in most locations could meet the national Class II standard. This indicates the air quality during construction in component area has been satisfactory generally. This also indicates that noise mitigation measures have been well implemented by the contractors during construction phase.

Table 1 Air (TSP) Monitoring and Assessment

Monitoring Limit of Compliance Parameter Result Standard with Standard

Baseline

TSP, mg/m3 0.219-0.328 0.3 yes

During Construction

TSP, mg/m3 0.204-0.361 0.3 yes

4.2.2 Noise

According to Class II standard of GB3096-2008, the monitoring results of Table 2 show that baseline noise environment met the national Class II standard. This indicates the air quality for baseline in component area has been satisfactory. A noise construction phase monitoring was conducted at nine points on 17 December 2012. All monitoring points during construction are located in area where the Class II standard of GB3096-2008 applies. The monitoring results of Table 2 show that noise environment during construction met the national Class II standard during construction. This indicates that noise mitigation measures have been well implemented by the contractors during construction.

Table 2 Noise Monitoring and Assessment

Limit of Compliance Parameter Monitoring Result Standard with Standard

Baseline

Leq dB(A) 45.9-53.1 60 (daytime) yes

Leq dB(A) 38.3-45.6 50 (night) yes

During Construction

Leq dB(A) 41.8-50.2 60 (daytime) yes

Leq dB(A) 36.9-44.5 50 (night) yes

5. Implementing of Mitigation Measures and Monitoring during Operation

5.1 Mitigation Measures

 Prevention of risk associated with ClO2. These measures have been properly taken during design and operation, and no insignificant adverse impacts have been detected. The major concern during operation is safety of the water source. Field visit by the Consultant found that no adequate protection measures have been taken. Pingquan IA has been required to take immediate actions to ensure water source protection measures are in place. 5.2 Environmental Monitoring

Monitoring was done during operation, as specified in the EMP. Monitoring results are given as Table 3.

Table 3 Monitoring of Pingquan WTP Operation

Limit of Compliance with Parameter Monitoring Result Standard Standard

Groundwater

Color <5 15 yes

Turbidity 0.38 3 yes

pH 7.26 6.5-8.5 yes

Smell - no yes

Visible Solid no no yes

Total Hardness, CaCO3, 286 450 yes mg/l

Chloride, mg/l 22.6 250 yes

Sulfate, mg/l 56.2 250 yes

Nitrate, mg/l 9.2 20 yes

Fluoride, mg/l 0.32 1.0 yes

Cyanide, mg/l <0.01 0.05 yes

Volatile Phenol, mg/l <0.002 0.002 yes

Cr6+, mg/l <0.004 0.05 yes

Nitrite, mg/l <0.001 1.0 yes

Fe, mg/l 0.15 0.3 yes

Mn, mg/l <0.001 0.1 yes

Cu, mg/l 0.15 1.0 yes

As, mg/l <0.001 0.01 yes

Cd, mg/l <0.0005 0.005 yes

Pb, mg/l <0.0025 0.01 yes

Total Bacterial Count, 10 100 yes CFU/ml

Total Coliform, undetected Undetectable yes MPN/100ml

Noise

Leq dB (A) 46.4 60 (daytime) yes

Leq dB (A) 38.7 50 (night) yes

There is no surface water flow in this season, so sampling of surface water could not be done. Additionally, domestic sewage is directly discharged into the municipal sewers and no sampling could be done.

Appendix 11 Environmental Report Fengnan Huanggezhuan WWTP 1. Description of the Sub-component

This component consists of construction of the waste water treatment plant with capacity 20000m3/d and 13.18 km sewer pipelines. 2. Construction Progress

Construction has been finished and the facility is in commissioning. 3. Implementing of Mitigation Measures during Construction

Construction activities of the wastewater treatment plant and sewer pipelines have produced some unfavorable environmental impacts such as dust, noise, traffic congestion and solid waste etc. During construction, however, measures have been properly implemented by the contractors to mitigate the unfavorable environmental impacts: Dust control: The construction sites are hoarded screening out some dust emission. Dusty materials are shielded or covered and the vehicles are cleaned before leaving the site to reduce air pollution. Some workers are arranged to clean the site periodically to prevent dust from generation on windy days; Solid waste disposal: All excavated earth is transported out of the site as solid waste along a designated route to a designated disposal site in accordance with the requirements stipulated by the relevant government department; Traffic congestion control: IA has made coordination with local traffic management department and contractors. Traffic diversion schemes have been proposed and then properly implemented. Coordinators are designated to assist the traffic police in traffic control; Noise control: Hoarding has been set up along the construction sites for closure, which helps to screen noise. Besides, the use of noisy machinery is avoided as much as possible. Construction activities are scheduled to minimize disturbance to residents’ rest time; Ecologic protection: Some greenbelts or roads are temporarily used for construction. In such case, the contractors have reported to and then obtained prior approval from the relevant government department. After the construction is completed, the disturbed land has been replanted to reduce soil erosion and maintain the ecological environment. 4. Environmental Monitoring during Construction

4.1 Internal Environmental Monitoring

4.2 External Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

The external environmental monitoring agency is Tangshan Fengnan District Environmental Monitoring Station. Air (TSP) baseline monitoring exercises at 4 points and noise baseline monitoring exercises at 1 point where located a village with 720m distance from proposed construction site were conducted on 06 Sep 2011, and air (TSP) monitoring exercises at 4 points and noise construction phase monitoring exercises at one point were conducted on 06 Nov 2011 and 18 June 2012, around the proposed WWTP and along pipeline construction sites. 4.2.1 Air (TSP)

All monitoring points for baseline are located in area where the Class II standard of GB3095-1996 applies. The monitoring results of Table 1 show that air (TSP) baseline was good to meet the national Class II standard. This indicates that air baseline in the component areas were satisfactory. All monitoring points for construction phase are located in area where Class II standard of GB3095-1996 applies. The monitoring results of Table 1 show that air quality during construction were good to meet the national Class II standard. This indicates the air quality during construction in the component areas were satisfactory.

Table 1 Air (TSP) Monitoring and Assessment

Monitoring Limit of Compliance Parameter Result Standard with Standard

Baseline

TSP, mg/m3 0.141-0.198 0.3 yes

During Construction

TSP, mg/m3 yes

WWTP Construction 0.152-0.198 0.3 yes

Pipeline Construction 0.158-0.198 0.3 yes

4.2.2 Noise

A noise baseline monitoring was conducted at one point near Michang village on 06 Sep 2011. All monitoring points for baseline are located in area where the Class II standard of GB3096-2008 applies. The monitoring results of Table 2 show that noise baseline met the national Class II standard. The results showed that the noise environment was good at monitoring points. A noise construction phase monitoring was conducted at one point near Michang Village on 06 Nov 2011. All monitoring points for construction phase are located in area where Class II standard of GB3096-2008 applies. Through comparison with baseline data, the noise level at monitoring points have not increased during construction. The monitoring

results showed that noise environment during construction met the national Class II standard during construction. This indicates that noise mitigation measures have been well implemented by the contractors during construction.

Table 2 Noise Monitoring and Assessment

Limit of Compliance Parameter Monitoring Result Standard with Standard

Baseline

Leq dB(A) 52.9 60 (daytime) yes

Leq dB(A) 41.0 50 (night) yes

During Construction

Leq dB(A) 52.2-52.3 60 (daytime) yes

Leq dB(A) 38.7-40.1 50 (night) yes

5. Implementation of Mitigation Measures and Monitoring during Operation

5.1 Mitigation Measures

Major adverse impacts during WWTP operation include: impact of noise and odor to nearby sensitive receptors, impact of WWTP discharge to the receiving water body, and impact of solid waste (screen waste and wastewater sludge) to the environment. Mitigation measures have properly adopted during design and operation stages, including:  Adequate health protection distance is set to reduce odor impact;  Noise reduction measures;  Greening;  Sufficient treatment of wastewater to meet discharge standard;  Safe treatment and disposal of screen waste and wastewater sludge;  Control of industrial wastewater inflow. As the WWTP receives a large amount of industrial discharge with variety of characteristics and industrial discharge violating applicable standard will directly affect compliance of WWTP effluent with discharge standard, access to information of industrial discharge will be a very important measure to ensure operational performance of the WWTP. 5.2 Environmental Monitoring

Environmental monitoring was done during operation, and the results are shown in Table 3. Four points (1 upwind and 3 leeward) were selected for odor monitoring.

Table 3 Monitoring of WWTP Operation

Monitoring Limit of Compliance with Parameter Result Standard Standard

WWTP Influent

pH 7.38 6.5-9.5 yes

Color 41.9 60 yes

CODcr, mg/l 190 300 yes

BOD5, mg/l 74 150 yes

NH3-N, mg/l 19.8 25 yes

SS, mg/l 119 300 yes

TN, mg/l 26 45 yes

TP, mg/l 1.43 5 yes

WWTP Effluent

pH 7.18 6-9 yes

Color 11.6 30 yes

CODcr, mg/l 36 50 yes

BOD5, mg/l 4.9 10 yes

NH3-N, mg/l 1.57 5 yes

SS, mg/l 6 10 yes

TN, mg/l 8.9 15 yes

TP, mg/l 0.26 1 yes

Odor, no unit 13 20 yes

Applicable standards include Wastewater Quality Standard for Discharge into Municipal Sewers (CJ 343-2010), Effluent Quality Standard of Municipal WWTP (GB18918-2002). For receiving surface water quality, quality of industrial discharge and heavy metal content of sewage sludge, it was advised by the IA that:  Industrial discharge is not under control of the WWTP, no information/data could be obtained from the industries or local EPB;

 Water quality of the receiving water body (Dou River) is Category V, and the major pollutant is ammonia nitrogen;  The WWTP signed a sewage sludge treatment agreement with Jiecheng Energy Ltd, coordinated by local government and supervised by local EPB.

Appendix 12 Environmental Report Zhengding County Solid Waste Treatment 1. Description of the Sub-component

This component consists of construction of 20 small-scaled solid waste transfer stations (capacity 15ton/day for each), one large transfer station with capacity of 250 ton/day, procurement of solid waste cleaning, compressing, transportation equipment and vehicles, and 1462 trash bins. 2. Construction Progress

Construction has been almost finished and the facility will step into commissioning soon. 3. Implementing of Mitigation Measures during Construction

Construction activities of the transfer stations have produced some unfavorable environmental impacts such as dust, noise, traffic congestion and solid waste etc. During construction, however, measures have been properly implemented by the contractors to mitigate the unfavorable environmental impacts: Dust control: The construction sites are hoarded screening out some dust emission. Dusty materials are shielded or covered and the vehicles are cleaned before leaving the site to reduce air pollution. Some workers are arranged to clean the site periodically to prevent dust from generation on windy days; Solid waste disposal: All excavated earth is transported out of the site as solid waste along a designated route to a designated disposal site in accordance with the requirements stipulated by the relevant government department; Traffic congestion control: IA has made coordination with local traffic management department and contractors. Traffic diversion schemes have been proposed and then properly implemented. Coordinators are designated to assist the traffic police in traffic control: Noise control: Hoarding has been set up along the construction sites for closure, which helps to screen noise. Besides, the use of noisy machinery is avoided as much as possible. Construction activities are scheduled to minimize disturbance to residents’ rest time. 4. Environmental Monitoring during Construction

4.1 Internal Environmental Monitoring

4.2 External Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Air and noise baseline monitoring was done during EIA preparation. External environmental monitoring has been done to assess air (3 points) and noise (4 points) impact of construction activities to the surrounding environment and implementation performance of the mitigation measures. Applicable standards are Quality Standard for Ambient Air Environment (GB3095-2012) Class 2 and Quality Standard for Acoustic Environment (GB3096-2008) Class 2. Results of air monitoring are shown in Table 1.

Table 1 TSP Monitoring of Zhengding Solid Waste Transfer Stations

Limit of Compliance with Parameter Monitoring Result Standard Standard

Baseline

TSP, mg/m3 0.200-0.283 0.3 yes

During Construction

TSP, mg/m3 0.217-0.252 0.3 yes

Monitoring results show that dust control measures were well taken and air quality during construction could meet applicable standard.

Table 2 Noise Monitoring and Assessment

Limit of Compliance Parameter Monitoring Result Standard with Standard

Baseline

Leq dB(A) 50.8-52.7 60 (daytime) yes

Leq dB(A) 40.7-42.9 50 (night) yes

During Construction

Leq dB(A) 65.9-69.3 60 (daytime) yes

Leq dB(A) / 50 (night) yes

Note: There are no construction activities during night.

Noise level during construction failed to meet applicable standard for daytime, which indicates noise control measures were not properly taken, like selection of low-noise

equipment and maintenance of equipment. 5. Implementation of Mitigation Measures and Monitoring during Operation

Operation of the transfer stations will be put into commissioning in June 2016. Adverse environment impacts during operation will include impact of odor, TSP and noise to surrounding environment during transfer station operation and solid waste transportation. Mitigation measures have been developed for operation periods.

Appendix 13 Environmental Report Baoding Baigou Solid Waste Treatment 1. Description of the Sub-component

This component consists of construction of the solid waste treatment plant with capacity 500t/d, including 200t/d domestic solid waste and 300t/d case/bag processing waste. 2. Construction Progress

Construction of the facility has been finished and the facility is in commissioning. 3. Implementing of Mitigation Measures

Construction activities of the solid waste treatment plant have produced some unfavorable environmental impacts such as dust, noise, traffic congestion and solid waste etc. During construction, however, measures have been properly implemented by the contractors to mitigate the unfavorable environmental impacts: Dust control: The construction sites are hoarded screening out some dust emission. Dusty materials are shielded or covered and the vehicles are cleaned before leaving the site to reduce air pollution. Some workers are arranged to clean the site periodically to prevent dust from generation on windy days; Solid waste disposal: All excavated earth is transported out of the site as solid waste along a designated route to a designated disposal site in accordance with the requirements stipulated by the relevant government department; Traffic congestion control: IA has made coordination with local traffic management department and contractors. Traffic diversion schemes have been proposed and then properly implemented. Coordinators are designated to assist the traffic police in traffic control; Noise control: Hoarding has been set up along the construction sites for closure, which helps to screen noise. Besides, the use of noisy machinery is avoided as much as possible. Construction activities are scheduled to minimize disturbance to residents’ rest time: Ecologic protection: Some greenbelts or roads are temporarily used for construction. In such case, the contractors have reported to and then obtained prior approval from the relevant government department. After the construction is completed, the disturbed land has been restored by planting to reduce soil erosion and maintain the ecological environment. 4. Environmental Monitoring during Construction

4.1 Internal Environmental Monitoring

The contractor appointed a full-time staff to be responsible for internal environmental monitoring and daily inspection. Additionally an environmental supervision engineers was appointed by the construction supervision company to ensure proper implementation of the mitigation measures. The internal monitoring results show that the environment in the construction areas has been well maintained, and no significant environmental problems have taken place and no grievances have been reported. The internal monitoring results are presented in the contractors’ weekly reports and the environmental supervision engineers’ monthly reports.

4.2 External Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

The external environmental monitoring agency is Baoding Municipal Mingke Environmental Monitoring Company. Air (TSP) baseline monitoring exercises at 2 points and noise baseline monitoring exercises at 1 point site were conducted on 06 March 2011 , and air (TSP) monitoring exercises at 2 points and noise construction phase monitoring exercises at one points were conducted on 09 Dec 2011, 06 July 2012 and 15 March 2014. 4.2.1 Air (TSP)

All monitoring points for baseline are located in area where the Class II standard of GB3095-1996 applies. The monitoring results of Table 1 show that air (TSP) baseline is good to meet the national Class II standard. This indicates that air baseline in the component areas were satisfactory. All monitoring points for construction phase are located in area where Class II standard of GB3095-1996 applies. The monitoring results of Table 1 show that air quality during construction were good to meet the national Class II standard. This indicates the air quality during construction in the component areas were satisfactory.

Table 1 TSP Monitoring and Assessment

Limit of Compliance with Parameter Monitoring Result Standard Standard

Baseline

TSP, mg/m3 0.275-0.280 0.3 yes

During Construction

TSP, mg/m3 0.213-0.291 0.3 yes

Monitoring results show that dust control measures were well taken and air quality during construction could meet applicable standard. 4.2.2 Noise

A noise baseline monitoring was conducted at one point on 09 March 2011. All monitoring points for baseline are located in area where the Class II standard of GB3096-2008 applies. The monitoring results of Table 2 show that noise baseline were met the national Class II standard. The results showed that the noise environment was good at monitoring points. A noise construction phase monitoring was conducted at one point on 09 Dec 2011 and 06 July 2012. All monitoring points for construction phase are located in area where Class II standard of GB3096-2008 applies. Through comparison with baseline data, the noise level at monitoring points have no increased during construction. The monitoring results of Table 2 show that noise environment during construction were still met the national Class II standard during construction. This indicates that noise mitigation measures have been well implemented by the contractors during construction.

Table 2 Noise Monitoring and Assessment

Limit of Compliance Parameter Monitoring Result Standard with Standard

Baseline

Leq dB(A) 50.7 60 (daytime) yes

Leq dB(A) 42.3 50 (night) yes

During Construction

Leq dB(A) 49.5-53.3 60 (daytime) yes

Leq dB(A) 42.3-43.7 50 (night) yes

5. Implementation of Mitigation Measures and Monitoring during Operation

5.1 Mitigation Measures

Major adverse impacts during the waste treatment plant operation include: impact of odor, particulate matters and noise to nearby sensitive receptors. Mitigation measures have been properly adopted during design and operation stages, including:  Adequate health protection distance;  Noise reduction measures;  Enclosed operation;  Greening. 5.2 Environmental Monitoring

Environmental monitoring was done during operation, and the results are shown in Table 3.

Table 3 Monitoring of Baigou Solid Waste Treatment Plant Operation

Limit of Compliance with Parameter Monitoring Result Standard Standard

Air

PM10, mg/m3 0.087-0.332 1 yes

3 SO2, mg/m 0.024-0.065 0.40 yes

3 H2S, mg/m 0.001 0.06 yes

3 NH3, mg/m 0.043-0.069 1.5 yes

Odor, no unit <10 20 yes

Noise

Leq dB (A) 54.5-59.1 60 (daytime) yes

Leq dB (A) 47.2-49.6 50 (night) yes

Monitoring results indicate that applicable standards for air pollutant emission, odor pollutant emission and noise emission could be met at the plant boundary. Operation of the plant does not have significant adverse impact to the environment. Groundwater was not monitored due to absence of monitoring wells. Baseline monitoring in nearby villages indicated that groundwater quality meets Groundwater Quality Standard (GB/T14848-93) Class III. Analysis in the EIA report shows that operation of the solid waste treatment plant will not discharge sewage and consequently will not have adverse impact to groundwater.

Appendix 14 Environmental Report Zhuolu County WWTP (Phase II) 1. Description of the Sub-component

This component consists of construction of a wastewater treatment plant with capacity 20000m3/d and 20.57 km sewers and 25.79 km storm water pipelines. 2. Construction Progress

Construction of the facility has been finished and the facility is in operation now. 3. Implementing of Mitigation Measures

Construction activities of the wastewater treatment plant and sewer have produced some unfavorable environmental impacts such as dust, noise, traffic congestion and solid waste etc. During construction, however, measures have been properly implemented by the contractors to mitigate the unfavorable environmental impacts: Dust control: The construction sites are hoarded screening out some dust emission. Dusty materials are shielded or covered and the vehicles are cleaned before leaving the site to reduce air pollution. Some workers are arranged to clean the site periodically to prevent dust from generation on windy days; Solid waste disposal: All excavated earth is transported out of the site as solid waste along a designated route to a designated disposal site in accordance with the requirements stipulated by the relevant government department; Traffic congestion control: IA has made coordination with local traffic management department and contractors. Traffic diversion schemes have been proposed and then properly implemented. Coordinators are designated to assist the traffic police in traffic control; Noise control: Hoarding has been set up along the construction sites for closure, which helps to screen noise. Besides, the use of noisy machinery is avoided as much as possible. Construction activities are scheduled to minimize disturbance to residents’ rest time; Ecologic protection: Some greenbelts or roads are temporarily used for construction. In such case, the contractors have reported to and then obtained prior approval from the relevant government department. After the construction is completed, the disturbed land will be restored by replanting to reduce soil erosion and maintain the ecological environment. 4. Environmental Monitoring

4.1 Internal Environmental Monitoring

The contractor appointed a full-time staff to be responsible for internal environmental monitoring and daily inspection and an environmental supervision engineer was appointed by the construction supervision company to ensure proper implementation of the mitigation measures. The internal monitoring results show that the environment in the construction areas has been well maintained, and no significant environmental problems have taken place and no grievances have been reported. The internal monitoring results are presented in the contractors’ weekly reports and the environmental supervision

engineers’ monthly reports. 4.2 External Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

The external environmental monitoring agency is Zhoulu County Environmental Monitoring Station. Air (TSP) construction phase monitoring exercises at 4 points located wastewater treatment plant construction site and 3 points located sewer construction site, and noise construction phase monitoring exercises were at 4 points wastewater treatment plant and 4 points located sewer construction site were conducted on 8 July 2011 and 3 June 2012. 4.2.1 Air (TSP)

All monitoring points at waste water treatment plant construction site and sewer construction for construction phase are located in area where Class II standard of GB3095-1996 applies. The monitoring results of Table 1 show that air quality during construction were good to meet the national Class II standard. This indicates the air quality during construction in the component areas were satisfactory.

Table 1 TSP Monitoring of and Assessment during Construction

Limit of Compliance with Parameter Monitoring Result Standard Standard

Around WWTP Site

TSP, mg/m3 0.111-0.223 0.3 yes

Along Sewers

TSP, mg/m3 0.112-0.227 0.3 yes

4.2.2 Noise

All monitoring points at waste water treatment plant construction site and sewer construction site for construction phase are located in area where Class II standard of GB3096-2008 applies. The monitoring results of Table 2 show that noise environment were still met the national Class II standard during construction. This indicates that noise mitigation measures have been well implemented by the contractors during construction.

Table 2 Noise Monitoring and Assessment during Construction

Limit of Compliance Parameter Monitoring Result Standard with Standard

Around WWTP

Leq dB(A) 48.7-51.4 60 (daytime) yes

Leq dB(A) 40.4-46.2 50 (night) yes

Along Sewers

Leq dB(A) 49.2-51.9 60 (daytime) yes

Leq dB(A) 40.3-45.9 50 (night) yes

5. Implementation of Mitigation Measures and Monitoring during Operation

5.1 Mitigation Measures

Major adverse impacts during the wastewater treatment plant operation include: impact of odor, air pollutants, suspended particulates and noise to nearby sensitive receptors. Mitigation measures have properly adopted during design and operation stages, including:  Adequate health protection distance is set to reduce odor impact;  Noise reduction measures;  Enclosed operation;  Greening. 5.2 Environmental Monitoring

Environmental monitoring was done during operation, and the results are shown in Table 3.

Table 3 Monitoring of Zhuolu Wastewater Treatment Plant Operation

Limit of Compliance with Parameter Monitoring Result Standard Standard

Air

3 SO2, mg/m 22 900 yes

TSP, mg/m3 112 120 yes

NOx, mg/m3 217 380 yes

3 NH3, mg/m 0.044 1.5 yes

3 H2S, mg/m 0.008 0.06 yes

Odor, no unit 12 <20 yes

Wastewater

Flow, m3/a 7,920,000 / /

pH 7.83-7.92 6-9 yes

COD, mg/l 36 50 yes

BOD5, mg/l 9.3 10 yes

SS, mg/l 8 10 yes

Noise

Leq dB (A) 50.8-52.1 60 (daytime) yes

Leq dB (A) 48.1-49.2 50 (night) yes

Sewage sludge generated is dewatered and transported for agricultural reuse, and screening grits are transported to landfill for disposal.

Appendix 15 Environmental Report Zhuolu County Water Supply 1. Description of the Sub-component

This component consists of construction of the water treatment plant with capacity 20000 m3/d, 2km water transmission pipelines and 18.32km water distribution pipelines and rehabilitation of 47.67km water distribution pipelines. 2. Construction Progress

Construction of the facility has been finished and the facility is in operation now. 3. Implementing of Mitigation Measures

Construction activities of the water supply treatment plant and pipelines have produced some unfavorable environmental impacts such as dust, noise, traffic congestion and solid waste etc. During construction, however, measures have been properly implemented by the contractors to mitigate the unfavorable environmental impacts: Dust control: The construction sites are hoarded screening out some dust emission. Dusty materials are shielded or covered and the vehicles are cleaned before leaving the site to reduce air pollution. Some workers are arranged to clean the site periodically to prevent dust from generation on windy days; Solid waste disposal: All excavated earth is transported out of the site as solid waste along a designated route to a designated disposal site in accordance with the requirements stipulated by the relevant government department; Traffic congestion control: IA has made coordination with local traffic management department and contractors. Traffic diversion schemes have been proposed and then properly implemented. Coordinators are designated to assist the traffic police in traffic control; Noise control: Hoarding has been set up along the construction sites for closure, which helps to screen noise. Besides, the use of noisy machinery is avoided as much as possible. Construction activities are scheduled to minimize disturbance to residents’ rest time; Ecologic protection: Some greenbelts or roads are temporarily used for construction. In such case, the contractors have reported to and then obtained prior approval from the relevant government department. After the construction is completed, the disturbed land has been restored by planting to reduce soil erosion and maintain the ecological environment. 4. Environmental Monitoring during Construction

4.1 Internal Environmental Monitoring

The contractor appointed a full-time staff to be responsible for internal environmental monitoring and daily inspection, and an environmental supervision engineer was appointed by the construction supervision company to ensure proper implementation of the mitigation measures. The internal monitoring results show that the environment in the construction areas has been well maintained, and no significant environmental problems have taken place and no grievances have been reported. The internal monitoring results

are presented in the contractors’ weekly reports and the environmental supervision engineers’ monthly reports. 4.2 External Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

The external environmental monitoring agency is Zhuolu County Environmental Monitoring Station. Air (TSP) baseline monitoring exercises at 4 points and noise baseline monitoring exercises at 4 points were conducted on 27 August 2010. Air (TSP) monitoring exercises at 4 points and noise construction phase monitoring exercises at 4 points were conducted on 27 July 2011. The monitoring and assessment results are shown in Table 1 and Table 2. 4.2.1 Air (TSP)

All monitoring points for baseline are located in area where the Class II standard of GB3095-1996 applies. The monitoring results of Table 1 show that air (TSP) baseline is good to meet the national Class II standard. This indicates that air baseline in the component areas were satisfactory. All monitoring points for construction phase are located in area where Class II standard of GB3095-1996 applies. The monitoring results in Table 1 show that air quality during construction were good to meet the national Class II standard. This indicates the air quality during construction in the component areas were satisfactory.

Table 1 TSP Monitoring of and Assessment

Limit of Compliance with Parameter Monitoring Result Standard Standard

Baseline

TSP, mg/m3 0.118-0.132 0.3 yes

During Construction

TSP, mg/m3 0.132-0.146 0.3 yes

4.2.2 Noise

A noise baseline monitoring was conducted at 4 points located east, south, west and north of proposed water supply plant construction site on 27 August 2010. All monitoring points for baseline are located in area where the Class II standard of GB3096-2008 applies. The monitoring results of Table 2 show that noise baseline were met the national Class II standard. The results showed that the noise environment was good at monitoring points. A noise construction phase monitoring was conducted at 4 points located east, south, west and north of proposed water supply plant construction site on 27 July 2011. All monitoring points for construction phase are located in area where Class II standard of GB3096-2008 applies. Through comparison with baseline data, the noise level at monitoring points have no increased during construction. The monitoring results show

that noise environment during construction were still met the national Class II standard during construction. This indicates that noise mitigation measures have been well implemented by the contractors during construction.

Table 2 Noise Monitoring and Assessment

Limit of Compliance Parameter Monitoring Result Standard with Standard

Baseline

Leq dB(A) 47.2-51.0 60 (daytime) yes

Leq dB(A) 41.5-49.3 50 (night) yes

During Construction

Leq dB(A) 49.6-51.3 60 (daytime) yes

Leq dB(A) 40.0-46.5 50 (night) yes

5. Implementation of Mitigation Measures and Monitoring during Operation

5.1 Mitigation Measures

Major adverse impacts during the water treatment plant operation include: impact of noise to nearby sensitive receptors, solid waste and sewage discharge to surrounding environment. Mitigation measures have properly adopted during design and operation stages, including:  Adequate buffer distance;  Noise reduction measures;  Enclosed operation;  Discharge of domestic sewage to municipal sewers;  Transportation of solid waste to landfill for disposal. 5.2 Environmental Monitoring

Environmental monitoring was done during operation, and the results are shown in Table 3. The applicable standard is Standard for Drinking Water Quality (GB5749-2006). Monitoring results show that source water quality meet applicable standard.

Table 3 Monitoring of Zhuolu Water Treatment Plant Operation

Limit of Compliance with Parameter Monitoring Result Standard Standard

Groundwater

Color <5 15 yes

Turbidity, NTU <0.5 1 yes

pH 7.61 6.5-8.5 yes

Smell Undetected undetectableyes

Visible Solid Undetected no yes

Total Hardness, CaCO , 3 413 1000 yes mg/l

Chloride, mg/l 52.9 250 yes

Sulfate, mg/l 141 250 yes

Nitrate, mg/l 9.18 20 yes

Fluoride, mg/l 0.44 1.0 yes

Cyanide, mg/l <0.002 0.05 yes

Volatile Phenol, mg/l <0.0003 0.002 yes

Cr6+, mg/l <0.004 0.05 yes

Fe, mg/l 0.0106 0.3 yes

Mn, mg/l 0.00045 0.1 yes

Cu, mg/l 0.00106 1.0 yes

As, mg/l 000082 0.01 yes

Cd, mg/l <0.00006 0.005 yes

Pb, mg/l <0.00007 0.01 yes

Hg, mg/l <0.00007 0.001 yes

Si, mg/l 0.00103 0.01 yes

Zn, mg/l 0.0205 1.0 yes

Total Bacterial Count, 45 100 yes CFU/ml

Total Coliform, Count/L Undetected no yes

TDS, mg/l 620 1000 yes

Anionic Surfactant, mg/l <0.050 0.3 yes

No noise monitoring data has been obtained from the IA. Usually operation of WTP does not have significant on acoustic environment as low-noise equipment and noise reduction equipment has been selected and installed indoors. It was advised by the IA that there is no septic tank on WTP site and no sewage could be sampled and monitored.

Appendix 16 Environmental Report Botou Water Distribution Pipelines 1. Description of the Sub-component

This component consists of construction of water distribution pipelines 22914 m (DN 160), 39370 m (DN 110), 26828 m (DN 75), 151056 m (DN63), and water meters and valves. 2. Construction Progress

Construction of the facility has been almost finished except some household connections. 3. Implementing of Mitigation Measures

Measures to mitigate the adverse environmental impacts have been included in the EMP. Construction of the pipelines has produced some unfavorable environmental impacts such as dust, noise, traffic congestion and solid waste etc. During construction, however, measures have been properly implemented by the contractors to mitigate the unfavorable environmental impacts. Dust control: The construction sites are hoarded screening out some dust emission. Dusty materials are shielded or covered and the vehicles are cleaned before leaving the site to reduce air pollution. Some workers are arranged to clean the site periodically to prevent dust from generation on windy days; Solid waste disposal: All excavated earth is transported out of the site as solid waste along a designated route to a designated disposal site in accordance with the requirements stipulated by the relevant government department; Traffic congestion control: IA has made coordination with local traffic management department and contractors. Traffic diversion schemes have been proposed and then properly implemented. Coordinators are designated to assist the traffic police in traffic control; Noise control: Hoarding has been set up along the construction sites for closure, which helps to screen noise. Besides, the use of noisy machinery is avoided as much as possible. Construction activities are scheduled to minimize disturbance to residents’ rest time; Ecologic protection: Some greenbelts or roads are temporarily used for construction. In such case, the contractors have reported to and then obtained prior approval from the relevant government department. After the construction is completed, the disturbed land has been restored by planting to reduce soil erosion and maintain the ecological environment. 4. Environmental Monitoring during Construction

The contractor was responsible for internal environmental monitoring and daily inspection. No grievances have been received. As suspension of inputs of the Phase 1 Consultant, no specific environmental monitoring requirements have been made to the IA and contractor. Therefore, no detailed information has been collected and no monitoring of adverse environmental impacts has been conducted.

5. Mitigation Measures and Monitoring during Operation

Safety of pipeline will be a concern in operation period. Pipeline maintenance has been included in daily management plan of the water company. No environmental monitoring is required for operation stage.

Appendix 17 Environmental Report Longhua Wastewater 1. Description of the Sub-component

This component consists of construction of wastewater treatment plant with capacity 20000m3/d and 18.69 km sewers (DN300-DN1500). 2. Construction Progress

Physical construction of the facility is near completion and commissioning of the facility is expected in early second half of 2016. 3. Implementing of Mitigation Measures during Construction

Construction activities of the wastewater treatment plant and sewers have produced some unfavorable environmental impacts such as dust, noise, traffic congestion and solid waste etc. During construction, however, measures have been properly implemented by the contractors to mitigate the unfavorable environmental impacts: Dust control: The construction sites are hoarded screening out some dust emission. Dusty materials are shielded or covered and the vehicles are cleaned before leaving the site to reduce air pollution. Some workers are arranged to clean the site periodically to prevent dust from generation on windy days; Solid waste disposal: All excavated earth is transported out of the site as solid waste along a designated route to a designated disposal site in accordance with the requirements stipulated by the relevant government department; Traffic congestion control: IA has made coordination with local traffic management department and contractors. Traffic diversion schemes have been proposed and then properly implemented. Coordinators are designated to assist the traffic police in traffic control; Noise control: Hoarding has been set up along the construction sites for closure, which helps to screen noise. Besides, the use of noisy machinery is avoided as much as possible. Construction activities are scheduled to minimize disturbance to residents’ rest time; Ecologic protection: Some greenbelts or roads are temporarily used for construction. In such case, the contractors have reported to and then obtained prior approval from the relevant government department. After the construction is completed, the disturbed land has been restored by planting to reduce soil erosion and maintain the ecological environment. 4. Environmental Monitoring during Construction

4.1 Internal Environmental Monitoring

construction areas has been well maintained, and no significant environmental problems have taken place and no grievances have been reported. The internal monitoring results are presented in the contractors’ weekly reports and the environmental supervision engineers’ monthly reports. 4.2 External Environmental Monitoring

Noise and PM10 were monitored around WWTP construction site (4 points) and along sewer route (8 points). Monitoring results are given in Table 1 and Table 2.

Table 1 Noise and PM10 Monitoring of WWTP Construction

Compliance Parameter Monitoring Result Limit of Standard with Standard

Noise

Leq dB(A) 51.6-54.8 60 (daytime) yes

PM10, mg/m3 0.052-0.067 0.15 yes

Note: there were no construction activities during night.

Table 2 Noise and PM10 Monitoring of Pipeline Construction

Compliance Parameter Monitoring Result Limit of Standard with Standard

Noise

Leq dB(A) 45.0-48.1 60 (daytime) yes

PM10, mg/m3 0.057-0.070 0.15 yes

Note: there were no construction activities during night.

Applicable standards include Class II Standard for Ambient Air Environment (GB3095-1996) Class 2 and Standards of Industrial Enterprises Environmental Noise Emission Standards (GB12348-2008) Class 2. 5. Implementation of Mitigation Measures and Monitoring during Operation

Commissioning of the wastewater treatment plant is expected in second half of 2016. Major adverse impacts during the wastewater treatment plant operation include: impact of odor and noise to nearby sensitive receptors, solid waste and sewage discharge to surrounding environment. Mitigation measures and associated monitoring plan have been developed and included in the EMP.

Appendix 18 Environmental Report Zhangbei Heating 1. Description of the Sub-component

This component consists of construction of a heat supply plant with construction area of 15123.7 m2, and installation of 3 hot water boilers (3*72 MW) with automatic control system and desulphurization and dust collection equipment. 2. Construction Progress

Construction of the facility has been finished and the facility is in commissioning now. 3. Implementing of Mitigation Measures

Construction of activities of the heat supply plant has produced some unfavorable environmental impacts such as dust, noise, traffic congestion and solid waste etc. During construction, however, measures have been properly implemented by the contractors to mitigate the unfavorable environmental impacts: Dust control: The construction sites are hoarded screening out some dust emission. Dusty materials are shielded or covered and the vehicles are cleaned before leaving the site to reduce air pollution. Some workers are arranged to clean the site periodically to prevent dust from generation on windy days; Solid waste disposal: All excavated earth, construction waste and domestic solid waste are transported out of the site as solid waste along a designated route to a designated disposal site in accordance with the requirements stipulated by the relevant government department; Traffic congestion control: IA has made coordination with local traffic management department and contractors. Traffic diversion schemes have been proposed and then properly implemented. Coordinators are designated to assist the traffic police in traffic control; Noise control: Hoarding has been set up along the construction sites for closure, which helps to screen noise. Besides, the use of noisy machinery is avoided as much as possible. Construction activities are scheduled to minimize disturbance to residents’ rest time; Ecologic protection: Some greenbelts or roads are temporarily used for construction. In such case, the contractors have reported to and then obtained prior approval from the relevant government department. After the construction is completed, the disturbed land has been restored by replanting to reduce soil erosion and maintain the ecological environment. 4. Environmental Monitoring during Construction

4.1 Internal Environmental Monitoring

the mitigation measures. The internal monitoring results show that the environment in the construction areas has been well maintained, and no significant environmental problems have taken place and no grievances have been reported. The internal monitoring results are presented in the contractors’ weekly reports and the environmental supervision engineers’ monthly reports. 4.2 External Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Noise around the construction site boundary (4 points) and TSP leeward (3 points) were monitored during construction, and the monitoring results are shown in Table 1.

Table 1 Noise and TSP Monitoring during Construction

Compliance Parameter Monitoring Result Limit of Standard with Standard

Noise

Leq dB(A) 46.4-48.7 55 (daytime) yes

Leq dB(A) 33.1-41.8 45 (night) yes

TSP, mg/m3 0.191-0.283 0.3 yes

5. Implementation of Mitigation Measures and Monitoring during Operation

5.1 Mitigation Measures

Major adverse impacts during the heating plant operation include: impact of SO2, NOx, fume, particulate matters and noise to nearby sensitive receptors. Mitigation measures have properly been adopted during design and operation stages, including:  Adequate health protection distance;  Noise reduction measures;  Enclosed operation and adequate desulphurization and dust collection measures;  Covering of coal storage;  Timely disposal of operation solid waste (fly ash and burning residual). 5.2 Environmental Monitoring

Environmental monitoring was done during operation, and the results are shown in Table 2. Noise was monitored around the plant boundary (4 points), particulate matters were monitored leeward the plant (4 points) and emission (SO2, NOx and fume) of each of the three boilers was monitored. Additionally, sewage discharge was monitored at the outlet of the plant.

Table 2 Monitoring during Operation

Limit of Compliance with Parameter Monitoring Result Standard Standard

Air

Boiler No.1

3 SO2, mg/m 303 400 yes

NOx, mg/m3 182 400 yes

PM, mg/m3 21.8 80 yes

Flow, m3/h 11900 / /

Boiler No.2

3 SO2, mg/m 304 400 yes

NOx, mg/m3 180 400 yes

PM, mg/m3 20.6 80 yes

Flow, m3/h 17300 / /

Boiler No.3

3 SO2, mg/m 374 400 yes

NOx, mg/m3 174 400 yes

PM, mg/m3 21.8 80 yes

Flow, m3/h 57300 / /

Particulates at Plant 0.019-0.079 1.0 yes Boundary, mg/m3

Noise

Leq dB (A) 42.2-47.2 60 (daytime) yes

Leq dB (A) 33.6-35.2 50 (night) yes

Wastewater

pH 8.20 6-9 yes

COD, mg/l 120 500 yes

BOD5, mg/l 18 250 yes

SS, mg/l 119 250 yes

NH3-N, mg/l 4.25 35 yes

The applicable standards include Standard for Air Pollutant Emission of Boiler (GB 13271-2014), Wastewater Quality Standard for Discharge into Municipal Sewers (CJ 343-2010) and Standard for Noise at Industrial Enterprise Boundary (GB/T12348-2008). Monitoring results show that all applicable standards are met in terms of wastewater discharge, air pollutant emission and operational noise, and mitigation measures during operation have been well taken.