Integrated Development of Key Townships in Central Liaoning

Environmental Monitoring Report

9th Semestral Report Project Number: 44021-013 August 2018

PRC: Integrated Development of Key Townships in Central Liaoning

Prepared by HJI Group Corporation for Heilongjiang Provincial Government and the Asian Development Bank

This environmental monitoring report is a document of the borrower. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of ADB’s Board of Director, Management or staff, and may be preliminary in nature.

In preparing any country program or strategy, financing any project, or by making any designation of or reference to a particular territory or geographic area in this document, the Asian Development Bank does not intend to make any judgments as to the legal or other status of any territory or area.

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PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT OF KEY TOWNSHIPS IN CENTRAL LIAONING (ADB Loan No. 2901-PRC)

Semi-annual Environmental Monitoring Report (As of June 2018)

Prepared by: Liaoning Urban Construction and Renewal Project Office HJI Group Corporation

August 2018

i ABBREVIATIONS

ADB  Asian Development Bank CNY  Chinese Yuan EIA  Environmental Impact Assessment EMO  Environmental Management Office EMP  Environmental Management Plan EPB  Environmental Protection Bureau EPMS  Environmental Protection and Monitoring Station GEPMS  GaizhouEnvironmental Protection and Monitoring Station IA  Implementing Agency LPEPB  Liaoniong Provincial Environmental Protection Bureau LPG  Liaoning Provincial Government MEMR  Monthlyenvironmental management reports PMO  Project Management Office SEMR  SemiannualEnvironmental Monitoring Report SEIA  SummaryEnvironment Impact Assessment WWTP  WastewaterTreatment Plant XEMS  XinminEnvironmental Monitoring Station

ii TABLE OF CONTENTS I INTRODUCTION ...... 1 A. Basis of Semi-annual Environmental Monitoring Report ...... 2 B. Environmental Procedure Review ...... 3 C. Legal Requirements ...... 4 II HEISHAN URBAN ROAD SUBPROJECT ...... 5 A. Scope of Subproject ...... 5 B. Status and Progress ...... 5 C. Environmental Management Office ...... 5 D. Environmental Monitoring Results ...... 6 E. Implementation of Mitigation Measures ...... 10 F. Compliance with Environmental Covenants ...... 12 G. Training ...... 12 H. Capacity-Building Progress ...... 12 I. Issues and Recommendations ...... 12 III HUANREN URBAN ROAD SUBPROJECT ...... 13 A. Scope of Subproject ...... 13 B. Status and Progress ...... 13 C. Environmental Management Office ...... 13 D. Environmental Monitoring Results ...... 14 E. Implementation of Mitigation Measures ...... 18 F. Compliance with Environmental Covenants ...... 19 G. Training ...... 19 H. Capacity-Building Progress ...... 19 I. Issues and Recommendations ...... 20 IV XINMIN URBAN ROAD SUBPROJECT ...... 21 A. Scope of Subproject ...... 21 B. Status and Progress ...... 21 C. Environmental Management Office ...... 21 D. Environmental Monitoring Results ...... 22 E. Implementation of Mitigation Measures ...... 24 F. Compliance with Environmental Covenants ...... 26 G. Training ...... 26 H. Capacity-Building Progress ...... 26 I. Issues and Recommendations ...... 26 V SHENBEI RUBAN ROAD AND WASTE WATER TREATMENT SUBPROJECT . 27 A. Scope of Subproject ...... 27 B. Status and Progress ...... 27 C. Environmental Management Office ...... 27 D. Environmental Monitoring Results ...... 28 E. Implementation of Mitigation Measures ...... 32 F. Compliance with Environmental Covenants ...... 33 G. Training ...... 33 H. Capacity-Building Progress ...... 34 I. Issues and Recommendations ...... 34 VI GAIZHOU URBAN ROAD SUBPROJECT ...... 35 A. Scope of Subproject ...... 35 B. Status and Progress ...... 35

iii C. Environmental Management Office ...... 35 D. Environmental Monitoring Results ...... 36 E. Implementation of Mitigation Measures ...... 38 F. Compliance with Environmental Covenants ...... 40 G. Training ...... 40 H. Capacity-Building Progress ...... 40 I. Issues and Recommendations ...... 41 VII OTHERSUBPROJECTS...... 42 VIII CONCLUSIONS ...... 43 Appendix A-1: Environment Monitoring Location Map for Heishan Subproject ...... 44 Appendix A-2: Environment Monitoring Location Map for Huanren Subproject ...... 45 Appendix A-3: Environment Monitoring Location Map for Xinmin Subproject ...... 46 Appendix A-4: Environment Monitoring Location Map for Shenbei Subproject ...... 47 Appendix A-4: Environment Monitoring Location Map for Gaizhou Subproject...... 53 Appendix B-1: Construction Photos for Benxi Heishan Subproject...... 54 Appendix B-2: Construction Photos for Huanren Subproject ...... 55 Appendix B-3: Construction Photos for Xinmin Subproject ...... 56 Appendix B-4: Construction Photos for Shenbei Subproject ...... 57 Appendix B-4: Construction Photos for Gaizhou Subproject ...... 58

iv I INTRODUCTION

This semi-annual environmental report describes the implementation of the environmental monitoring and implemented mitigation measures recommended in the environmental impact assessment (EIA) reports and the summary analyses of the environmental monitoring data collected from January 1 to June 30, 2018 for the Integrated Development of Key Townships in Central Liaoning Project (the Project).

Based on the Project Agreement, LPG shall cause the Participating Township Governments and the Project Implementing Agencies to ensure that the preparation, design, construction, implementation, operation and decommissioning of the Project and all Project facilities comply with (a) all applicable laws and regulations of the Borrower relating to environment, health and safety; (b) the Environmental Safeguards; and (c) all measures and requirements set forth in the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), the Environment Management Plan (EMP), and any corrective or preventative actions set forth in a Safeguards Monitoring Report. LPG shall cause the Project Implementing Agencies to incorporate such mitigation and monitoring measures into the design and bidding documents and construction contracts.

LPG shall cause the Participating Township Governments and the Project Implementing Agencies to ensure that emergency preparedness and response mechanisms are developed for the Project in compliance with the Borrower’s relevant regulations and the EMP, and that these mechanisms are incorporated into the emergency preparedness and response system of the respective cities and districts. LPG shall cause the concerned Participating Township Governments and Project Implementing Agencies to ensure that streetlights and traffic lighting system are installed with energy-saving technology along the roads constructed/rehabilitated under the Project.

LPG shall ensure that Associated Facilities are constructed, operated, maintained, and monitored in strict conformity with (a) the Borrower’s all applicable laws and regulations, including national, provincial, and municipal laws and regulations and standards on environmental protection, district heating, health, labor, and occupational safety; and (b) all environmental mitigation and monitoring measures detailed in the applicable environmental impact assessments for the Associated Facilities under the guidance of the Liaoning Province Environmental Protection Bureau or other designated environmental monitoring centers.

LPG shall cause the Fuxin Municipal Government and the concerned Project Implementing Agency to ensure that the deconstruction and disposal of old coal-fired boilers and single-family heating stoves follow national regulations on disposal of construction waste and standards for occupational health and safety, especially regarding hazardous materials, such as asbestos containing materials and ash residues, and will be done with approval and supervision by the Liaoning Province Environmental Protection Bureau.

LPG shall cause the Shenbei District Government and the concerned Project Implementing Agency to ensure that sewage conducted in Project sewers along roadways

1 is treated in a manner acceptable to ADB before its discharge. LPG shall cause the concerned Project Implementing Agencies to ensure that a full predictive analysis of sensitive receptor sites along all roads is carried out and funds for noise mitigation at affected properties are reserved before construction of the Shenbei and Gaizhou roads commences.

LPG shall cause the Fuxin Municipal Government and the concerned Project Implementing Agency to ensure that an asbestos risk assessment is conducted by a licensed institute for all small boilers affected by the Project prior to implementation of Component 2. In case that presence of asbestos is identified, LPG shall ensure that an asbestos management plan is developed for all affected boiler houses. LPG shall cause the Fuxin District Government to ensure that the contractors receive adequate training on asbestos management and occupational health and safety, and that the rehabilitation or deconstruction of asbestos containing boiler houses is conducted and supervised in conformity with the approved asbestos management plan.

The project is classified as environment category A. Environment safeguards issues during construction include earthwork and soil erosion, noise and air pollution, surface water pollution, and risks to occupational and community health and safety. During operation, the main potential adverse impacts include traffic noise at some sensitive areas which will require mitigation by sound-proofing, and odor and secondary pollution from the effluent and sludge of the wastewater treatment plant (WWTP).

The Project consists of eight subprojects, including Shenbei Wastewater Treatment Subproject, Fuxin Heating Subproject, Xinmin Urban Road Subproject, Shenbei Urban Road Subproject, Heishan Urban Road Subproject, Gaizhou Urban Road Subproject, Huanren Urban Road Subproject, and Benxi Caitun bridge and North Binhe Road Subproject. During the period from January 1 to June 30, 2018, five subprojects (Heishan, Huanren, Gaizhou, Shenbei, Xinmin) were under construction, as a result, this semi-annual environmental monitoring report will focus on environmental compliance for these five subprojects.

Independent external environmental specialist has discussed with the IAs of Heishan, Huanren, Gaizhou, Shenbei and Xinmin subprojects for their environmental process and worked with the IAs and local environmental monitoring stations from these cities or counties in regard to their responsibilities for environmental monitoring. Particular attention focuses on the monitoring, reporting compliance and the establishment of environmental management offices. Individuals from environmental monitoring offices are responsible for carrying out the required monitoring.

This report covers the following areas: (i) documentation review and compliance with environmental regulations; (ii) environmental institutional structure and responsibility; (iii) environmental monitoring; (iv) mitigation measures undertaken to minimize adverse environmental impacts arising from the construction of the Project, and (v) conclusions and recommendations.

A. Basis of Semi-annual Environmental Monitoring Report

This semi-annual environmental monitoring report has been prepared based on the following documents:

 SEIA;  EIAs;  EMPs;  Project Agreement;  Report and Recommendation of the President to the Board of Directors  External environmental monitoring reports; and  Relevant environmental codes.

B. Environmental Procedure Review

Each of the contractors, construction supervision companies, and the IA’s designated staff from the site management team are responsible for environmental monitoring and supervision. The responsibilities of these staff include day to day site environmental monitoring of their own contracts, implementation of the environmental action plan’s mitigation measures, and reporting the site’s environmental performance regarding the contract sections, which is mainly self-inspection and self-monitoring.

During the construction period, the construction supervision companies are responsible for the preparation and submission of monthly environmental supervision reports; meanwhile, the environmental monitoring agencies are responsible for the monitoring of environmental parameters and development of external environmental monitoring reports. The PMO has designated Mr. Sun Jian to serve as an environmental officer for this Project. The PMO, with the assistance of the independent external environmental monitoring specialist, is responsible for compiling semi-annual environmental monitoring reports.

Specific responsibilities of the IAs, contractors, local environmental monitoring centers, and construction supervision companies are defined as follows:

IA:  Develop the environmental section of the contract;  Provide training to contractors and all other related environmental personnel;  Environmental review at site;  Resolve environmental complaints;  Develop and implement pollution prevention measures;  Implement environmental monitoring plans;  Provide monthly environmental supervision reports;  Implement mitigation measures and health and safety measures; and  Arrange for environmental meetings as necessary. Local Environmental Monitoring Center:  Conduct environmental monitoring and oversight; and  Prepare external environmental monitoring reports based on data collected.

3 Supervision Companies (during construction period):  Environmental management;  Assistance in the preparation of monthly environmental supervision reports;  Receive complaint calls; and  Report environmental issues. Contractors (during construction period):  Implementation of environmental mitigation measures;  Providing basic sanitation facilities;  Domestic sewage treatment;  Solid waste management;  Noise and dust control;  Personal protective equipment for workers; and  Measures to ensure construction equipment meet relevant national or local emissions and noise standards.

C. Legal Requirements

All project facilities must comply with all applicable PRC environmental laws and regulations during the project implementation. The following is a list of some potentially applicable environmental laws and regulations:

 Air Pollutant Integrated Emission Standard, GB16297-2004  Noise Limits for Construction Site, GB12523-2011  Standard of Noise at Boundary of Industrial Enterprises, GB12348-2008  Integrated Emission Standard of Air Pollutants, GB16297-1996  Ambient Air Quality Standards, GB 3095-2012  Standard of Environmental Noise in Urban Area, GB 3096-2012  Surface Water Environment and Quality Standard, GB3838-2002

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4 II HEISHAN URBAN ROAD SUBPROJECT

A. Scope of Subproject

The subproject includes the following components: (1) rehabilitate and widen Jiefang road (5.79km); (2) build 2 roads (9.16km); (3) construct 6 small bridges; (4) install related storm water and sewer piping, open trench, river course, retaining wall, and fences; (5) install street lighting; (6) install traffic safety and public transport facilities; and (7) public transport and purchase road maintenance equipment. The IA is Heishan County Urban-Township Construction Key PMO.

The original contract package Xin GongYe Da Street (HS-C03) has been dropped out and two contract packages have been newly added, HS-C03A (QIfa Road, Nanhu North Road, Nanhu 1st Road and 24 Alley Roads) and HS-C03B (Kuanguang Road, Dongneihua Road, Dongguan Road, Guangrong Road West Sectiion and 46 Roads). ADB approved the minor scope change in March 2016.

B. Status and Progress

After the contract package adjustment, there are 5 civil work contracts and 3 goods contracts for the subproject. By the end of June 2018, all of the 8 contracts have been signed. The specific construction progress are shown in Table 2-1. The external environmental monitoring contract was signed and the external environmental monitoring specified in the EMP has been implemented for the above-mentioned road during construction period and the external monitoring report was prepared and submitted in July 2018.

Table 2-1: Project Implementation Progress (as of June 2018) Civil Contract Date of Implementation Contract Package commencement Description HS-C01 Jiefang Street North Section May 2017 66% completed HS-C02 Jiefang Street South Section May 2017 68% completed

The environmental management processes were carried out in accordance with the requirements of EIAs and applicable environmental standards. The mitigation measures to control air pollution, water pollution, noise and vibration, solid waste, and soil erosion and ecology were taken during the construction period. The environmental monitoring was conducted to meet applicable environmental standards.

C. Environmental Management Office

An environmental management office (EMO) has been established. The members of the EMO are listed in Table 2-2. It can be seen from Table 2-2 that people from the IA, a construction supervision company and the Contractor have been included in the EMO. The responsibilities for the IA, local environmental monitoring center, Contractor and Local

5 Supervision Companies are discussed in Section I (B). The phone number of the EMO is 0416-5556212.

Table 2-2: EMO Personnel Name Work Unit Position Titles in EMO Ma Li HeishanEPB Deputy Director Director Jiang Weidong EPMS Deputy director Deputy director Zhang Guoqing IA Manager Deputy director Zhou Lichun EPMS Monitor Member Jiang Weiguo EPMS Monitor Member Wang Jun EPMS Monitor Member Gao Zhichao IA Manager Member Xu Keyi IA Manager Member Liu Jun Contractor Project Manager Member Wang Yongxin Supervision Co Supervision Engineer Member Li Jiasheng Contractor Project Manager Member Gao Zhihong Supervision Co Supervision Engineer Member

Note: EPMS=Environmental Protection Monitoring Center; IA=Implementing Agencies; EPB=Environmental Protection Bureau.

D. Environmental Monitoring Results

Based on the information provided, environmental monitoring was conducted during the construction period. Table 2-3 gives the meteorological data in April, May, June 2018.

Table 2-3: Meteorological Data in April, May and June 2018 Monitoring Wind Monitoring Date Temperature Air pressure Wing Speed Time Direction 8:00 7 101.45 North 1.5 11 April, 2018 10:00 11 101.32 North 1.6 14:00 17 101.22 North 1.5 8:00 8 101.46 South 1.4 12 April, 2018 10:00 14 101.18 South 1.6 14:00 18 101.16 South 1.3 8:00 15 100.12 North 1.6 13 May, 2018 10:00 21 100.07 North 1.7 14:00 24 100.01 North 1.5 8:00 12 100.18 South 1.6 14 May, 2018 10:00 22 100.02 South 1.6 14:00 26 99.98 South 1.5 8:00 21 99.82 North 1.3 20 June, 2018 10:00 26 99.69 North 1.3 14:00 29 99.68 North 1.4

6 8:00 21 99.78 Southwest 1.4 21 June, 2018 10:00 29 99.67 Southwest 1.4 14:00 21 99.52 Southwest 1.5

1. Air Quality Monitoring

Based on the actual needs, one air monitoring location was set up to monitor PM10, TSP. The air monitoring location is set at Jiefang street. The specific location is shown in Appendix A-2 and the construction photos for contract package HS-C03B, HS-C01 and HS-C02 are shown in Appendix B-2.

The monitoring was conducted in the morning and afternoon two days per month. The applicable standard is Ambient Air Quality Standards, Grade II (GB3095-2012), as shown in Table 2-4. The results, presented in tables from Table 2-5, showed that the values for 3 3 TSP and PM10, are following the standard of 0.3 mg/m and 0.15 mg/m , respectively.

Table 2-4: Ambient Air Quality Standards Daily Average Concentration LimitValue Standard Item (mg/m3)

GB3095-2012 TSP 0.30 (Grade II) PM10 0.15

Table 2-5: Monitoring Results of Air T Monitoring Quality in April, Monitoring Date PM10 S Time May and June P 2018Monitoring site 0 . 1# 11 April, 2018 8:05 0.107 1 6 7 0 . 1# 11 April, 2018 10:08 0.116 1 8 4 0 . 1# 11 April, 2018 14:12 0.118 1 8 7 0 . 1# 12 April, 2018 8:14 0.098 1 5

7 4 0 . 1# 12 April, 2018 10:12 0.106 1 7 7 0 . 1# 12 April, 2018 14:17 0.109 1 6 8 0 . 1# 13 May, 2018 8:07 0.118 1 7 2 0 . 1# 13 May, 2018 10:05 0.123 1 9 2 0 . 1# 13 May, 2018 14:08 0.126 1 8 8 0 . 1# 14 May, 2018 8:13 0.102 1 6 5 0 . 1# 14 May, 2018 10:11 0.111 1 7 4 0 . 1# 14 May, 2018 14:06 0.108 1 7 1 0 . 1# 20 June, 2018 8:06 0.114 1 8 5 0 . 1# 20 June, 2018 10:03 0.128 1 9 4 1# 20 June, 2018 14:08 0.122 0

8 . 1 8 7 0 . 1# 21 June, 2018 8:04 0.105 1 6 9 0 . 1# 21 June, 2018 10:02 0.117 1 7 8 0 . 1# 21 June, 2018 14:06 0.116 1 7 5

2. Noise Monitoring

Two noise monitoring locations were set up to monitor noise levels. These noise monitoring locations are set at Jiefang street. The specific locations are shown in Appendix A-2.

The monitoring adopts equivalent continuous A-weighted sound pressure level, twice each month. This two noise monitoring locations were at boundary of construction site, so the applicable standard is Environmental Quality Standard for boundary of construction site (GB12523-2011), as shown in Table 2-6. The results are following the requirements of the standard values of 70dB, presented in tables from Table 2-7.

Table 2-6: Ambient Noise Standard Standard Time Standard (LAeqdB) GB Daytime 70 12523-20 11 Nighttime 55

Table 2-7: Monitoring Results of Ambient Noise Value in April, May and June 2018 Monitoring Date Monitoring Monitoring Site Value Time 11 April, 2018 Day 10:15 Jiefang Street Construction Site (Heishan Party 64.7 11 April, 2018 23:16 School)1# 52.5 Night 11 April, 2018 Day 10:35 Jiefang Street Construction Site (Heishan Middle 63.9 11 April, 2018 23:33 School)2# 53.7 Night 12 April, 2018 Day 10:42 Jiefang Street Construction Site (Heishan Party 63.8 12 April, 2018 23:05 School)1# 51.8

9 Night 12 April, 2018 Day 11:31 Jiefang Street Construction Site (Heishan Middle 64.1 12 April, 2018 23:37 School)2# 52.2 Night 13 May, 2018 Day 10:28 Jiefang Street Construction Site (Heishan Party 63.4 13 May, 2018 23:38 School)1# 51.6 Night 13 May, 2018 Day 10:44 Jiefang Street Construction Site (Heishan Middle 64.2 13 May, 2018 23:49 School)2# 52.1 Night 14 May, 2018 Day 12:11 Jiefang Street Construction Site (Heishan Party 62.9 14 May, 2018 23:03 School)1# 52.1 Night 14 May, 2018 Day 10:28 Jiefang Street Construction Site (Heishan Middle 63.8 14 May, 2018 23:27 School)2# 50.9 Night 20 June, 2018 Day 11:15 Jiefang Street Construction Site (Heishan Party 63.9 20 June, 2018 22:25 School)1# 51.4 Night 20 June, 2018 Day 11:41 Jiefang Street Construction Site (Heishan Middle 64.8 20 June, 2018 22:54 School)2# 52.8 Night 20 June, 2018 Day 10:47 Jiefang Street Construction Site (Heishan Party 62.4 20 June, 2018 23:03 School)1# 51.6 Night 20 June, 2018 Day 11:21 Jiefang Street Construction Site (Heishan Middle 63.2 20 June, 2018 23:32 School)2# 51.9 Night

E. Implementation of Mitigation Measures

1. Air Quality

In regard to dust on construction sites, the contractor assigned specific person to be responsible for the air quality control. The contractor has ensured the main haul road to be paved and sprayed water to the unpaved areas and haul roads, the construction and demolition waste t store in site with shortest time, the stockpiles to be covered and the trucks carrying dusty materials to be covered by tarpaulin, and the vehicles to drive at low speed on construction sites. To reduce impacts from the asphalt plant, the plant has been equipped with a dust removal mechanism and an enclosed mixing chamber and be located at least 500mdownwind from sensitive receivers. In addition, the contractor selected appropriate time with low wind pressures to construction road surface to avoid emissions from asphalt or cement plants.

All roads and tracks used by vehicles of the contractors and supplier were kept clean and clear of all dust, mud, and extraneous materials dropped by their construction vehicles. Equipment and machinery are maintained to a high standard to ensure efficient running and fuel-burning. High-horsepower equipment was installed with tail gas purifier.

10 2. Noise and Vibration

Noise isolation barriers were installed at the sites with potential noise sources to reduce adverse impacts on surrounding areas. Meanwhile, the construction time was appropriately set up to avoid affecting surrounding areas during the construction period.

Noise has been mitigated by using quiet equipment; observing good O&M of machinery; using temporary hoardings or noise barriers to shield noise sources; and stopping construction near residential areas, hotels, and hospitals in accordance with the requirements in the Chinese standards. It is required that if there are schools or places of worship near construction activities, the contractors should maintain continual communication with them to avoid noisy activities during examination and worship periods.

3. Construction Waste

The construction wastes produced during the construction period but not used for backfill, were timely delivered into the designated landfill, while the excavation soil to be used for backfill were covered with regular water spraying to avoid air pollutions to the surrounding areas. Meanwhile, trash collection bins were regularly sprayed with pesticides to reduce flies.

4. Wastewater

Based on the observation on site, uncontrolled wastewater and muddy runoff from construction sites could potentially pollute nearby water bodies and clog up drains. It was suggested by the environment specialist that portable toilets and small package WWTPs be provided for the workers and canteens. Since there are nearby public sewers, it is also suggested that interim storage tanks and pipelines be installed to convey wastewater to those sewers and sedimentation tanks be installed onsite to treat wastewater and muddy runoff with high concentrations of suspended solids if necessary. Flocculants can be used to facilitate sedimentation based on the actual needs.

5. Soil Erosion and Ecology

According to information from the IA, the handling of the construction materials is limited during periods of rains and high winds. Based on the observation on site, topsoil was stripped and stockpiled carefully and earthwork disturbance areas were stabilized after earthworks have ceased at the sites.

6. Traffic Control

The increase in construction traffic has slightly caused traffic congestion and inconvenience to other vehicles, pedestrians, and shop owners. Temporary traffic management was necessary. Notice were developed diverting construction traffic from morning and afternoon peak traffic hours and regulating traffic at the road crossings. In addition, interim roads were built up to for passengers’ convenience to reduce disturbance to regular traffic.

F. Compliance with Environmental Covenants

The construction for Heishan component continued during the first half of 2018. The compliance with environmental covenants has been met during the reporting period. Heishan IA has taken necessary actions to minimize the impact of interruptions to water supply, wastewater collection, and other utility services during project construction. The Heishan IA has prepared and submitted to the Liaoning PMO its environmental monitoring report. No violations of safety or environmental standards were reported during the reporting period.

G. Training

An on-the-job training regarding environment management was made by the Consultant in June 2018. The training content includes daily, weekly and monthly environment records, management and relevant monitoring, and mitigation measures. Members of the EMO from the construction supervision company, the Contractor, the Client and the environment monitoring station participated in the training. Further training will be made if necessary. Specifically, a workshop for environment monitoring and environment management during the construction period was made in June 2018 and discussions regarding environment issues were also made during the training time.

H. Capacity-Building Progress

On-the-job training in regard to EMP implementation and adjustment, dispute resolution, environmental processes, environmental monitoring, environmental policies and plans, wastewater management, solid waste management, and traffic and safety management, were also made during the reporting period.

As a result, the IA, PMO and the supervising company’s capacities in environmental management and monitoring have been enhanced through the workshop and on-the-job trainings. An environmental management office was finally established and an environmental specialist is in place. The institutional organization and the responsibilities for each environmental position for the Liaoning PMO, local PMO, and IA have been finalized before the construction started. In addition, based on the actual requirements, continued public participation throughout the construction stage will be held to ensure the IAs’ construction programs and impacts are understood and addressed in a timely manner.

I. Issues and Recommendations

There are no further issues.

12 III HUANREN URBAN ROAD SUBPROJECT

A. Scope of Subproject

The subproject includes the following components: (1) construct 1 road (Hunjiang Street) with total length of 5.1km; (2) rehabilitate 1 road (Zhognxin Street) with total length of 3.1km; (3) rehabilitate 38 street alleys with total length of 13.0km; (4) construct one bridge of 1,200m2; (5) install storm water and sewer piping; (6) install street lighting, landscaping; (7) purchase road maintenance equipment and accommodate related road safety and energy-conserving facilities. The IA is Huanren county Hunjiang Street, Zhongxin Street and Alleys Rehabilitation Headquarters.

B. Status and Progress

The below Table 3-1 shows latest Huanren subproject construction progress. The external environmental monitoring contract was signed and the external environmental monitoring specified in the EMP has been implemented for the above-mentioned road during construction period and the external monitoring report was prepared and submitted in March 2018.

Table 3-1: Project Implementation Progress (as of June 2018) Civil Contract Date of Implementation Contract Package commencement Description Huangjiang Da Street, West HR-C01 September 2015 86% Completed Section

C. Environmental Management Office

An environmental management office (EMO) has been established. The members of the EMO are listed in Table 3-2. It can be seen from Table 3-2 that people from the IA, a construction supervision company and the Contractor have been included in the EMO. The responsibilities for the IA, local environmental monitoring center, Contractor and Local Supervision Companies are discussed in Section I (B). The phone numbers of the EMO are 024-48873010 and 024-48276228.

13 Table 3-2: EMO Personnel Name Work Unit Position Titles in EMO Meng Qingcai Huanren EPB Deputy Director Director Ma Xianfeng IA Manager Deputy director Zhang Daqing EPMS Monitor Member Zhang Fan EPMS Monitor Member He Miao EPMS Monitor Member Zhou Yijie IA Manager Member

He Yonggui IA Manager Member

Wang Qingguo Contractor Project Manager Member Zhang Heran Supervision Co Supervision Engineer Member

Note: EPMS=Environmental Protection Monitoring Center; IA=Implementing Agencies; EPB=Environmental Protection Bureau.

D. Environmental Monitoring Results

Based on the information provided, environmental monitoring was conducted during the constructional period. Table 3-3 gives the meteorological data in April, May and June 2018.

Table 3-3: Meteorological Data in April, May and June 2018

Temperatur Wind Velocity Atmospheric Monitoring Time Wind Direction e (℃) (m/s) Pressure (kpa)

10 April 10:00 10.4 2.1 South 97.3 11 April 10:00 11.1 2.4 West 97.7 15 May 10:00 21.5 2.4 Southwest 97.3 16 May 10:00 21.6 1.4 South 97.4 13 June 10:00 19.6 1.3 East 97.5 14 June 10:00 19.7 1.3 Southwest 97.3

1. Air Quality Monitoring

Based on the actual needs, five air monitoring locations were set up to monitor TSP, among them No.1 and No.3 locations were set up in one meter far from construction boundary and No.2, No.4 and No.6 were set up in schools and residential areas. The specific locations are shown in Appendix A-3 and the construction photos are shown in Appendix B-3. The monitoring was conducted in the morning and afternoon twice each month in April, May and June 2018. The applicable standard is Ambient Air Quality Standards, Grade II (GB3095-2012), as shown in Table 3-4. The results, presented in

14 Table 3-5, Table 3-6 and Table 3-7, showed that the values for TSP are following the standard of 0.3 mg/m3.

Table 3-4: Ambient Air Quality Standards Daily Average Concentration Limit Standard Item Value (mg/m3) GB3095-2012 (Grade II) TSP 0.30

Table 3-5: Monitoring Results of Air Quality in April, May and June 2018 Super Monitoring vision Monitoring Hunjiang Da Street West Report [2017](Huan Type Monit Objects Section No ren)No.51 oring

Sample Sampling Fan Zhang Sample Type Ambient Air Gas State Condition Personnel Xiaoxin Wang Monitoring Items (Unit: mg/m3) Sampling Sampling Site Time TSP

1# 0.058 2# 0.044 10 3# 0.049 April Morning 4# 0.051 5# 0.053 1# 0.057 2# 0.050 10 3# 0.046 April Afternoon 4# 0.048 5# 0.049 1# 0.055 2# 0.050 11 April Morning 3# 0.063 4# 0.057 5# 0.052 1# 0.064 2# 0.058 11 April Afternoon 3# 0.044 4# 0.055 5# 0.047 1# 0.062 2# 0.060 15 May Morning 3# 0.057 4# 0.055 5# 0.053 1# 0.061 15 May Afternoon 2# 0.053 3# 0.052

15 4# 0.061 5# 0.057 1# 0.071 2# 0.065 16 May Morning 3# 0.058 4# 0.060 5# 0.053 1# 0.068 2# 0.072 16 May Afternoon 3# 0.064 4# 0.053 5# 0.055 1# 0.062 13 2# 0.055 June 3# 0.060 Morning 4# 0.051 5# 0.057 1# 0.074 13 2# 0.055 June 3# 0.064 Afternoon 4# 0.052 5# 0.053 1# 0.050 14 2# 0.057 June 3# 0.054 Morning 4# 0.047 5# 0.051 1# 0.066 14 2# 0.049 June 3# 0.059 Afternoon 4# 0.057 5# 0.053 Analytical Method GB/T 15432-1995 Gravimetric Method Analyst Hemiao Calculation Personnel Hemiao

2. Noise Monitoring

Five noise monitoring locations were set up to monitor noise levels. The specific locations are shown in Appendix A-3. The No.2, No.4 and No.5 noise monitoring locations were in school. As a result, the Standard of Environment Noise in Urban Area, Grade II (GB3096-2012) shall be applied for the five monitoring locations, as shown in Table 3-6; while Noise Limits for Construction Site (GB 12523-2011) applied for the others.

The monitoring was conducted in April, May and June 2018. The results, presented in Table 3-7, showed that the noise values are following the standard of 60 dB(A) during daytime and 50 dB(A) at night, while the noise values in construction sites are following standard of 70 dB(A) during daytime and 55 dB(A) at night.

Table 3-6: Ambient Noise Standard

16 Standard Time Standard (LAeqdB)

GB3096-2012 Daytime 60 (Type 2 zone) Nighttime 50 Daytime 70 GB 12523-2011 Nighttime 55

Table 3-7: Noise Monitoring Results in April, May and June 2018 Unit:dB(A) Sample Type Supervision Monitoring Report No [2018](Huanren)No.2 3 Monitoring Object Hunjiang Da Street West Section

(GB3096-2012) Sample Style “Acoustic Environment Quality Standards” “Ambient Noise Emission Standard of Construction Site Boundary”(GB12523-2011) Monitoring Fan zhang Monitoring Time April, May, June Personnel Xiaoxin Wang

10 April Monitoring Site Remarks Daytime dB(A) Nighttime dB(A)

1# 56.9 43.4

2# 54.8 45.7

3# 55.2 44.2

4# 53.6 41.6

5# 55.8 43.9

16 May Monitoring Site Remarks Daytime dB(A) Nighttime dB(A)

1# 52.7 45.2

2# 53.6 44.8

3# 54.5 44.5

4# 53.8 40.6

5# 55.4 42.1 14 June Monitoring Site Remarks Daytime dB(A) Nighttime dB(A)

1# 55.5 44.2

2# 54.3 43.8

3# 52.1 45.2

4# 53.6 43.7

17 5# 55.9 42.1

E. Implementation of Mitigation Measures

1. Air Quality

In regard to dust on construction sites, the contractor assigned specific person to be responsible for the air quality control. The contractor has ensured the main haul road to be paved and sprayed water to the unpaved areas and haul roads, the construction and demolition waste to store in site with shortest time, the stockpiles to be covered and the trucks carrying dusty materials to be covered by tarpaulin, and the vehicles to drive at low speed on construction sites. To reduce impacts from the asphalt plant, the plant has been equipped with a dust removal mechanism and an enclosed mixing chamber, and be located at least 500m downwind from sensitive receivers. In addition, the contractor selected appropriate time with low wind pressures to construction road surface to avoid emissions from asphalt or cement plants.

2. Noise and Vibration

3. Construction Waste

4. Wastewater

18 Based on the observation on site, uncontrolled wastewater and muddy runoff from construction sites could potentially pollute nearby water bodies and clog up drains. It was suggested by the environment specialist that portable toilets and small package WWTPs be provided for the workers and canteens. Since there are nearby public sewers, it is also suggested that interim storage tanks and pipelines be installed to convey wastewater to those sewers and sedimentation tanks be installed onsite to treat wastewater and muddy runoff with high concentrations of suspended solids if necessary. Flocculants can be used to facilitate sedimentation based on the actual needs.

5. Soil Erosion and Ecology

6. Traffic Control

F. Compliance with Environmental Covenants

The construction for Huanren component continued during the first half of 2018. The compliance with environmental covenants has been met during the reporting period. Huanren IA has taken necessary actions to minimize the impact of interruptions to water supply, wastewater collection, and other utility services during project construction. The Huanren IA has prepared and submitted to the Liaoning PMO its environmental monitoring report. No violations of safety or environmental standards were reported during the reporting period.

G. Training

H. Capacity-Building Progress

I. Issues and Recommendations

There are no further issues.

20 IV XINMIN URBAN ROAD SUBPROJECT

A. Scope of Subproject

The subproject includes the following components: (1) rehabilitate and widen 37 roads with a total length of 37.41km; (2) construct 6 urban roads with a total length of 12.23 km; (3) build 3 bridges; (4) install stormwater and sewage pipeline systems; (5) install street lights and related landscaping; (6) purchase road maintenance equipment; and (6) accommodate related road safety and energy-conserving facilities. The IA is Xinmin City Urban Rural Construction and Rehabilitation PMO.

B. Status and Progress

There are 9 civil work contracts and 3 goods contract packages for this subproject. All the 12 contracts have signed. In addition, the construction for 2 contracts (XM-C02 and XM-C04) will not use ADB fund. The contract XM-C01, XM-C03 and XM-C09 is under construction, and the contract XM-C05, XM-C06, XM-C07, XM-C08 have been completed. The external environmental monitoring contract was signed and the external environmental monitoring specified in the EMP has been implemented for the above-mentioned road during construction period and the external monitoring report was prepared and submitted in July . The below Table 4-1 shows latest Benxi subproject implementation progress.

Table 4-1: Project Implementation Progress (as of June 2018) Civil Contract Date of Implementation Contract Package commencement Description North Gongren Street, Qingzhensi XM-C01 June 2017 60% Completed East Road Xihuan Street South Section, Shigongmiao Street South XM-C03 February 2017 71% Completed Section, Zhongxing Road and Xinsheng Street

C. Environmental Management Office

An environmental management office (EMO) has been established. The members of the EMO are listed in Table 4-2. It can be seen from Table 4-2 that people from the IA, a construction supervision company and the Contractor have been included in the EMO. The responsibilities for the IA, local environmental monitoring center, Contractor and Local

21 Supervision Companies are discussed in Section I (B). The phone numbers of the EMO are 024-27624412 and 024-27627278.

Table 4-2: EMO Personnel Name Work Unit Position Titles in EMO Yang Fengjiang Xinmin EPB Division Chief Director

Chang Yan’e XEMS Director Deputy director Li Xiangpu IA Director Deputy director Peng Yuru XEMS Monitor Member Wang Yucai XEMS Monitor Member Zhao Jingfang Contractor Project Manager Member Ma Huihua Supervision Co Supervision Engineer Member

D. Environmental Monitoring Results

Based on the information provided, environmental monitoring was conducted during the constructional period. The meteorological data are provided in Table 4-3.

Table 4-3: Meteorological Data in July 2018 Wind Monitoring Temperature Atmospheric Wind Direction Velocity Time Weather (℃) Pressure (kpa) (m/s)

12 July Cloudy 24.3~28.6 98.0~100.3 SorthWest 2.8~3.4

13 July Cloudy 25.6~29.3 98.2~100.5 SorthWest 2.4~3.6 14 July Cloudy 24.4~27.5 99.1~100.2 SorthWest 1.4~3.2 15 July Cloudy 24.2~31.9 97.8~100.1 SorthWest 1.8~3.5 16 July Cloudy 24.,5~31.5 97.2~99.8 SorthWest 1.7~4.2 17 July Cloudy 24.1~31.3 98.8~99.9 SorthWest 2.1~3.6 18 July Cloudy 24.7~30.3 98,1~100.2 Sorth 2.4~4.2 19 July Cloudy 24.2~32.6 98.3~100.5 SorthWest 1.5~3.8

1. Air Quality Monitoring

Based on the actual needs, eight air monitoring location were set up to monitor PM10 and TSP. The specific locations are shown in Appendix A-4 and the construction photos are shown in Appendix B-4.

The monitoring was performed was conducted from 12 to 19 July 2018. The applicable standard is Ambient Air Quality Standards, Grade II (GB3095-2012), as shown in Table

4-4. The results, presented in Table 4-5, showed that the values for TSP and PM10, are following the standard of 0.3 mg/m3 and 0.15mg/m3, respectively.

Monitoring Site and Frequency Monitoring Site Frequency Monitoring Time 1# Xinmin No.1 primary school 12~13 July 2018 2# Xinmin senior high school 12~13 July 2018 3# Shuxiangmendi community 14~15 July 2018 4# YilinShangcheng community Sampling for two days, 14~15 July 2018 5# Hualixindu community take daily average 16~17 July 2018 6# Hubin community concentration 16~17 July 2018 7# Yinbin community 18~19 July 2018 8# Xinmin third primary 18~19 July 2018 school

Table 4-4: Ambient Air Quality Standards Daily Average Concentration LimitValue Standard Item (mg/m3)

GB3095-2012 TSP 0.30 (Grade II) PM10 0.15

Table 4-5: Monitoring Results of Air Quality Unit:mg/m3

Monitoring Site TSP PM10 1# Xinmin No.1 primary school 0.117 0.122 0.066 0.070 2# Xinmin senior high school 0.111 0.102 0.063 0.057 3# Shuxiangmendi community 0.125 0.119 0.064 0.060 4# YilinShangcheng community 0.105 0.109 0.051 0.054 5# Hualixindu community 0.117 0.113 0.063 0.057 6# Hubin community 0.124 0.113 0.056 0.053 7# Yinbin community 0.118 0.108 0.063 0.051 8# Xinmin third primary school 0.111 0.104 0.053 0.049

2. Noise Monitoring

Eight noise monitoring locations were set up to monitor noise levels. The specific locations are shown in Appendix A-4.

The monitoring was performed at 10am and at 10pm, twice every day in July 2018. The applicable standard is Environmental Quality Standard for Noise, Grade II (GB3096-2008), as shown in Table 4-6. The results, presented in Table 4-7, showed that the noise values are following the standard of 60 dB(A) during daytime and 50 dB(A) at night.

Table 4-6: Ambient Noise Standard Standard Time Standard (LAeqdB)

23 GB3096-2008 Daytime 60 (Type 2 zone) Nighttime 50

Table 4-7: Monitoring Results of Ambient Noise Value Unit:dB(A)

Monitoring Time Monitoring Site 15 July 2018 16 July 2018 Daytime Nighttime Daytime Nighttime 1# Xinmin No.1 primary 62.3 42.1 61.6 41.1 school 2# Xinmin senior high 59.3 43.9 58.4 43.7 school 3# Shuxiangmendi 50.1 41.3 51.9 42.1 community 4# YilinShangcheng 48.1 40.6 48.6 42.7 community 5# Hualixindu 47.8 42.0 47.8 42.3 community

6# Hubin community 52.7 42.6 46.7 42.4

7# Yinbin community 47.7 43.2 50.7 43.5 8# Xinmin third primary 52.0 42.7 51.0 41.8 school

E. Implementation of Mitigation Measures

1. Air Quality

In regard to dust on construction sites, the contractor assigned specific person to be responsible for the air quality control. The contraqctor has ensured the main haul road to be paved and sprayed water to the unpaved areas and haul roads, the construction and demolition waste to store in site with shortest time, the stockpiles to be covered and the trucks carrying dusty materials to be covered by tarpaulin, and the vehicles to drive at low speed on construction sites. To reduce impacts from the asphalt plant, the plant has been equipped with a dust removal mechanism and an enclosed mixing chamber, and be located at least 500mdownwind from sensitive receivers. In addition, the contractor selected appropriate time with low wind pressures to construction road surface to avoid emissions from asphalt or cement plants.

All roads and tracks used by vehicles of the contractors and supplier were kept clean and clear of all dust, mud, and extraneous materials dropped by their construction vehicles.

24 Equipment and machinery are maintained to a high standard to ensure efficient running and fuel-burning. High-horsepower equipment were installed with tail gas purifier.

2. Noise and Vibration

3. Construction Waste

4. Wastewater

5. Soil Erosion and Ecology

6. Traffic Control

25 morning and afternoon peak traffic hours and regulating traffic at the road crossings. In addition, interim roads were built up to for passengers’ convenience to reduce disturbance to regular traffic.

F. Compliance with Environmental Covenants

The construction for Xinmin component continued during the first half of 2018. The compliance with environmental covenants has been met during the reporting period. Xinmin IA has taken necessary actions to minimize the impact of interruptions to water supply, wastewater collection, and other utility services during project construction. The Xinmin IA has prepared and submitted to the Liaoning PMO its environmental monitoring report. No violations of safety or environmental standards were reported during the reporting period.

G. Training

H. Capacity-Building Progress

I. Issues and Recommendations

There are no further issues.

26 V SHENBEI RUBAN ROAD AND WASTE WATER TREATMENT SUBPROJECT

A. Scope of Subproject

Rehabilitation of 14 roads within the existing rights-of-way with total length of 16.23 km in Xinchengzi; ii) installation of water supply pipelines of 4.5 km; iii) installation of sewers of 4.5 km in Xinchengzi; iv) installation of storm water pipelines of 7.7 km; v) 3 newly built roads and 4 upgraded alley roads with a total length of 3.6 km in Qingshuitai; and vi) road maintenance equipment and municipal and sanitation equipment; vii) expansion of the existing WWTP by 25,000 m3 per day.

B. Status and Progress

There are 6 civil work contracts and 4 goods contract packages for this subproject. Of the 10 contract packages, 3 contracts for SD-C02A, SD-C05 and SW-C01A have been signed. The construction activities for the three signed contracts were.

Table 5-1: Project Implementation Progress (as of June 2018) Civil Date of Implementation Contract Contract commencement Description Package No. 3, 4 and 7 in Qingshuitai and 4 alley SD-C05 April 2017 15% completed roads Rehabilitation Shenbei: Yinhe,street, Tiane street, Beidou street, Feima street, Guizhou SD-C02A April 2018 41% completed road, wastewater pipelines from yinhe street to WTP Shenbei Wastewater Project:Civil Works SW-C01A for Xinchengzi Wastewater Treatment May 2018 16% completed Plant

C. Environmental Management Office

An environmental management office (EMO) has been established. The members of the EMO are listed in Table 5-2. It can be seen from Table 5-2 that people from the IA, a construction supervision company and the Contractor have been included in the EMO. The responsibilities for the IA, local environmental monitoring center, Contractor and Local Supervision Companies are discussed in Section I (B).

Table 5-2: EMO Personnel Name Work Unit Position Titles in EMO Qu Haiqing IA Division Chief Director Li Hongmei IA Director Member Guo Xu IA Director Member

27 Sun Jian PMO Project Manager Member Xin Ying Contractor Monitor Member Yang Baoliang supervision Monitor Member

D. Environmental Monitoring Results

Based on the information provided, environmental monitoring was conducted during the constructional period. The meteorological data are provided in Table 5-3.

Table 5-3: Meteorological Data in July 2018 Atmospheric Monitoring Temperature Weather Pressure Wind Velocity Wind Direction Time (℃) (kpa)

2 July Cloudy 21~31 100.6 1.2 Southeast

3 July Cloudy 20~32 100.5 1.0 Southwest 4 July Cloudy 20~32 100.2 0.6 South 9 July Cloudy 19~28 100.9 2.7 Southwest 10 July Cloudy 22~31 101.2 1.3 Southeast 16 July Cloudy 23~31 100.8 3.1 Southwest 17 July Cloudy 24~32 100.3 3.3 Southwest 18 July Cloudy 24~30 100.7 2.9 South 19 July Sunny 24~33 100.9 3.6 Southwest 20 July Cloudy 24~32 100.1 3.3 Southwest 23 July Sunny 24~34 100.8 2.4 Southwest 30 July Sunny 26~35 100.2 1.3 Southwest 31 July Cloudy 26~37 100.4 1.1 Southwest

1. Air Quality Monitoring

Urban Road Subproject

Based on the actual needs, sixteen air monitoring location were set up to monitor TSP,

SO2 and NOx. The specific locations are shown in table 5-5 and the construction photos are shown in Appendix B-4.

The monitoring was performed was conducted 17, 18 July, 2018. The applicable standard is Ambient Air Quality Standards, Grade II (GB3095-2012), as shown in Table 5-4. The results are presented in Table 5-5.

Table 5-4: Ambient Air Quality Standards Standard Item Daily Average Concentration LimitValue

28 (mg/m3) TSP 0.30mg/m3 GB3095-2012 SO 0.15mg/m3 (Grade II) 2 NOx 0.08mg/m3

Table 5-5: Monitoring Results of Air Quality Unit:mg/m3

Monitoring Monitoring Monitoring results Monitoring Site date frequency TSP SO2 NOx

1 0.036 0.008 0.015 1500 meters east 17 July from Meilunwan 2018 2 0.039 0.010 0.018

1500 meters south 17 July 1 0.042 0.011 0.014 from Meilunwan 2018 2 0.037 0.012 0.016

1500 meters west 17 July 1 0.046 0.008 0.015 from Meilunwan 2018 2 0.043 0.009 0.017

1 0.042 0.012 0.013 1500 meters north 17 July from Meilunwan 2018 2 0.048 0.010 0.016

1500 meters east 1 0.059 0.015 0.020 17 July, from 2018 Huameixintiandi 2 0.053 0.014 0.019

1500 meters south 1 0.055 0.013 0.019 17 July, from 2018 Huameixintiandi 2 0.051 0.014 0.023

1500 meters west 1 0.056 0.016 0.015 17 July from 2018 Huameixintiandi 2 0.050 0.015 0.014

1500 meters north 1 0.049 0.013 0.016 17 July, from 2018 Huameixintiandi 2 0.044 0.016 0.019

1500 meters east 18 July 1 0.042 0.012 0.011 from Jiekunlou 2018 2 0.045 0.011 0.010

1500 meters south 18 July 1 0.053 0.013 0.008 from Jiekunlou 2018 2 0.049 0.015 0.009

1500 meters west 18 July 1 0.057 0.014 0.008 from Jiekunlou 2018 2 0.050 0.013 0.009

29 Monitoring Monitoring Monitoring results Monitoring Site date frequency TSP SO2 NOx

1 0.044 0.011 0.012 1500 meters north 18 July from Jiekunlou 2018 2 0.046 0.014 0.011

1500 meters east 1 0.026 0.015 0.013 18 July from Hongguang 2018 community 2 0.022 0.014 0.012

1500 meters south 1 0.027 0.017 0.015 18 July from Hongguang 2018 community 2 0.029 0.016 0.013

1500 meters west 1 0.022 0.015 0.017 18 July from Hongguang 2018 community 2 0.024 0.014 0.016

1500 meters north 1 0.025 0.016 0.014 18 July from Hongguang 2018 community 2 0.023 0.018 0.012

Applicable standard: Ambient Air Quality (GB 0.30 0.15 0.08 3095—2012), Category 2

2. Noise Monitoring

Based on the actual needs, 40 monitoring locations were set up to monitor noise levels. These monitoring locations are around the Meilunwan community, Nonglin community, Shuijingxinyuan community, Huameixintiandi community, Funing community, Fuchenjiayuan community, Dijing community and Hongguang community. The specific locations are shown in Appendix A-4.

The monitoring was performed twice every day in July 2018. The applicable standard is Environmental Quality Standard for Noise, Grade II (GB3096-2008), as shown in Table 5-6. The results, presented in Table 5-7, showed that the noise values are following the standard of 60/70 dB(A) during daytime and 50/55 dB(A) at night.

Table 5-6: Ambient Noise Standard Standard Time Standard (LAeqdB)

GB3096-2008 Daytime 60 (Type 2 zone) Nighttime 50

GB3096-2008 Daytime 70 (Type 4A zone) Nighttime 55

Table 5-7: Monitoring Results of Ambient Noise Value Unit:dB(A)

30 Monitoring Monitoring Monitoring Day Night Standard Standard Location Point Date Time Time (daytime) (nighttime) N10 3 July 65.4 44.5 70 55 N11-1 3 July 60.1 45.9 70 55 Meilunwan N11-2 3 July 57.3 44.0 70 55 community N11-3 3 July 61.2 46.6 70 55 N12 3 July 52.7 47.1 60 50 Nonglin N15-1 4 July 58.4 45.3 60 50 community N15-2 4 July 56.6 44.0 60 50 N16-1 4 July 53.0 42.8 60 50 Shuijingxinyuan N16-2 4 July 52.8 42.3 60 50 community N16-3 4 July 52.5 41.9 60 50 N17-1 9 July 69.3 49.4 70 55 N17-2 9 July 68.7 51.3 70 55 Huameixintiandi N17-3 9 July 65.6 49.9 70 55 community N17-4 9 July 66.3 48.2 70 55 N17-5 9 July 68.5 48.6 70 55 Funing N18-1 9 July 66.7 44.3 70 55 apartment N18-2 9 July 66.1 43.6 70 55 N19-1 10 July 64.3 43.1 70 55 Fuchenjiayuan N19-2 10 July 63.9 44.0 70 55 community N19-3 10 July 64.1 47.3 70 55 N19-4 10 July 64.3 45.5 70 55 N23-1 19 July 59.3 47.8 70 55 N23-2 19 July 58.5 42.7 70 55 N23-3 19 July 57.9 43.6 70 55 Dijingjiayuan N23-4 19 July 57.6 43.1 70 55 community N24-1 19 July 58.7 44.5 60 50 N24-2 19 July 59.6 45.8 60 50 N25 19 July 54.4 42.0 60 50 Funing N28-1 20 July 60.4 43.2 70 55 community N28-2 20 July 59.1 42.5 70 55 N30-1 21 July 68.9 46.4 70 55 N30-2 21 July 69.1 44.2 70 55 Hongguang N30-3 21 July 69.3 43.7 70 55 communtiy N31-1 21 July 69.0 42.8 70 55 N31-2 21 July 68.8 44.3 70 55 N31-3 21 July 67.2 43.5 70 55 Eastside of Wastewater 16 July 53.4 43.1 60 50 treatment plant Southside of Wastewater Wastewater treatment plant 16 July 59.6 44.6 60 50 treatment plant West side of Wastewater 16 July 65.7 47.2 70 55 treatment

31 Monitoring Monitoring Monitoring Day Night Standard Standard Location Point Date Time Time (daytime) (nighttime) plant Northside of Wastewater 16 July 49.4 40.2 60 50 treatment plant

The applicable standard for Wastewater treatment plant is Environmental Quality Standard for Noise, Grade II (GB3096-2008). However, the monitoring point in west side of the plant is following the Standard Grade 4a, which is 70dB in the daytime and 55dB at night.

E. Implementation of Mitigation Measures

1. Air Quality

In regard to dust on construction sites, the contractor assigned specific person to be responsible for the air quality control. The contractor has ensured the main haul road to be paved and sprayed water to the unpaved areas and haul roads, the construction and demolition waste to store in site with shortest time, the stockpiles to be covered and the trucks carrying dusty materials to be covered by tarpaulin, and the vehicles to drive at low speed on construction sites. To reduce impacts from the asphalt plant, the plant has been equipped with a dust removal mechanism and an enclosed mixing chamber, and be located at least 500mdownwind from sensitive receivers. In addition, the contractor selected appropriate time with low wind pressures to construction road surface to avoid emissions from asphalt or cement plants.

2. Noise and Vibration

3. Construction Waste

4. Wastewater

5. Soil Erosion and Ecology

6. Traffic Control

F. Compliance with Environmental Covenants

The construction for Shenbei component continued during the first half of 2018. The compliance with environmental covenants has been met during the reporting period. Shenbei IA has taken necessary actions to minimize the impact of interruptions to water supply, wastewater collection, and other utility services during project construction. The Shenbei IA has prepared and submitted to the Liaoning PMO its environmental monitoring report. No violations of safety or environmental standards were reported during the reporting period.

G. Training

An on-the-job training regarding environment management was made by the Consultant in June 2018. The training content includes daily, weekly and monthly environment records,

33 management and relevant monitoring, and mitigation measures. Members of the EMO from the construction supervision company, the Contractor, the Client and the environment monitoring station participated in the training. Further training will be made for new contracts if necessary.

H. Capacity-Building Progress

I. Issues and Recommendations

There are no further issues.

34 VI GAIZHOU URBAN ROAD SUBPROJECT

A. Scope of Subproject

The orignial scope of the Gaizhou subproject has been adjusted and approved with the following components: (1) Rehabilitate and widen Honghuayu Road (2.2km); (2) upgrade 6 secondary roads of 16.0 km; (3) rehabilitate 468 alley roads; (4) install storm water and sewage trenches.

B. Status and Progress

There are 3 civil work contracts packages for this subproject. All the three contract packages have been signed. The external environmental monitoring contract was signed and the external environmental monitoring specified in the EMP has been implemented for the above-mentioned road during construction period and the external monitoring report was prepared and submitted in March 2018. The below Table 6-1 shows latest subproject implementation progress.

Table 6-1 Project Implementation Progress (as of June 2018) Civil Contract Contract Date of Implementation Package commencement Description GZ-C01A Gaizhou Road,Hongqi Street August 2017 41% completed 20 Roads, including Liaohe Da August 2017 20% completed GZ-C02A Street

C. Environmental Management Office

An environmental management office (EMO) has been established. The members of the EMO are listed in Table 6-2. It can be seen from Table 6-2 that people from the IA, a construction supervision company and the Contractor have been included in the EMO. The responsibilities for the IA, local environmental monitoring center, Contractor and Local Supervision Companies are discussed in Section I (B). The phone number of the EMO is 0417-7881123 Table 6-2: EMO Personnel Name Work Unit Position Titles in EMO Zhu Yonghai Gaizhou EPB Deputy Director Director Meng Jing GEPMS Deputy director Deputy director Xu Rong GEPMS Monitor Member

35 Mei Cunyuan GEPMS Monitor Member Cang Hengzhi GEPMS Monitor Member Zhang Yang IA Manager Member Sun Renhe IA Manager Member Ren Xingye Contractor Monitor Member An Zhenxi supervision Monitor Member Wang Yumin Contractor Monitor Member An Zhenxi supervision Monitor Member

D. Environmental Monitoring Results

Based on the information provided, environmental monitoring was conducted during the constructional period. The meteorological data are provided in Table 6-3.

Table 6-3: Meteorological Data in July 2018 Atmospheric Wind Velocity Wind Temperature Monitoring Time Pressure (m/s) Direction (℃) (kpa)

2:00 1.1 North 24.4 100.5

8:00 1.6 North 28.1 100.1 27 July 14:00 0.8 Northwest 32.5 100.0 20:00 1.2 Northwest 30.7 100.3 Average 1.2 North 28.9 100.2 2:00 1.4 North 24.8 100.4 8:00 1.0 North 28.7 100.7 28 July 14:00 0.7 West 33.2 100.1 20:00 0.9 North 31.0 100.4 Average 1.0 North 29.4 100.4 2:00 1.6 North 26.3 100.2 8:00 1.1 North 29.6 100.5 29 July 14:00 1.4 Northwest 33.9 100.6 20:00 0.8 North 30.8 100.2 Average 1.2 North 30.2 100.4 2:00 1.5 Northwest 26.6 100.3 8:00 1.2 West 29.8 100.1 30 July 14:00 1.1 Northwest 35.3 100.5 20:00 1.7 West 32.5 100.3

36 Average 1.4 West 31.1 100.3 2:00 1.3 West 27.1 100.5 8:00 0.6 West 30.5 100.1 31 July 14:00 1.0 Northwest 35.6 100.1 20:00 0.7 West 31.9 100.4 Average 0.9 West 31.3 100.3 2:00 1.2 Northwest 25.2 100.2 8:00 0.9 North 30.2 100.6 1 August 14:00 1.5 North 35.6 100.1 20:00 0.9 North 31.1 100.4 Average 1.1 North 30.5 100.3 2:00 0.8 Northeast 26.7 100.5 8:00 1.4 North 31.3 100.7 2 August 14:00 1.1 Northeast 36.4 100.2 20:00 1.3 Northeast 31.2 100.4 Average 1.2 Northeast 31.4 100.5

3. Air Quality Monitoring

Based on the actual needs, two air monitoring location was set up to monitor PM10, NO2,

TSP and SO2. The two air monitoring locations are Hepanjiayuan community and Fanrong community. The specific locations are shown in Appendix A-4 and the construction photos are shown in Appendix B-4.

The monitoring was performed was conducted from 12 to 19 July 2018. The applicable standard is Ambient Air Quality Standards, Grade II (GB3095-2012), as shown in Table

6-4. The results, presented in Table 6-5, showed that the values for PM10, NO2,TSP and

SO2 are in compliance with the standards.

Table 6-4: Ambient Air Quality Standards Daily Average Concentration LimitValue Standard Item (mg/m3) PM10 0.15

SO2 0.15 GB3095-2012 TSP 0.3 NO2 0.08

Table 6-5: Monitoring Results of Air Quality Unit:mg/m3

Monitoring site Monitoring time TSP PM10 SO2 NO2

37 27 July 0.171 0.074 0.022 0.025 28 July 0.153 0.068 0.029 0.019 29 July 0.169 0.079 0.034 0.026 K1 Hepanjiayuan 30 July 0.162 0.066 0.027 0.020 community 31 July 0.150 0.062 0.021 0.030 1 August 0.177 0.083 0.016 0.025 2 August 0.165 0.059 0.024 0.017 27 July 0.164 0.074 0.018 0.026 28 July 0.172 0.081 0.026 0.017 29 July 0.166 0.078 0.032 0.025 K2 Fanrong 30 July 0.153 0.065 0.019 0.021 community 31 July 0.169 0.070 0.027 0.020 1 August 0.158 0.069 0.023 0.029 2 August 0.167 0.076 0.031 0.024

4. Noise Monitoring

Two noise monitoring locations were set up to monitor noise levels. The noise monitoring locations are Hepanjiayuan community and Fanrong community. The specific locations are shown in Appendix A-4.

The monitoring was performed twice every day in July 2018. The applicable standard is Environmental Quality Standard for Noise, Grade II (GB3096-2008), as shown in Table 6-6. The results, presented in Table 6-7, showed that the noise values are following the standard of 60 dB(A) during daytime and 50 dB(A) at night.

Table 6-6: Ambient Noise Standard Standard Time Standard (LAeqdB)

GB3096-2008 Daytime 60 (Type 2 zone) Nighttime 50

Table 6-7: Monitoring Results of Ambient Noise Value Unit:dB(A) Monitoring site Monitoring time Daytime Nighttime N1 Hepanjiayuan 27 July 55.1 43.6 community 28 July 56.9 41.7 N2 Fanrong 27 July 54.4 43.1 community 28 July 55.8 42.5

E. Implementation of Mitigation Measures

38 1. Air Quality

In regard to dust on construction sites, the contractor assigned specific person to be responsible for the air quality control. The contractor has ensured the main haul road to be paved and sprayed water to the unpaved areas and haul roads, the construction and demolition waste to store in site with shortest time, the stockpiles to be covered and the trucks carrying dusty materials to be covered by tarpaulin, and the vehicles to drive at low speed on construction sites. To reduce impacts from the asphalt plant, the plant has been equipped with a dust removal mechanism and an enclosed mixing chamber, and be located at least 500mdownwind from sensitive receivers. In addition, the contractor selected appropriate time with low wind pressures to construction road surface to avoid emissions from asphalt or cement plants.

2. Noise and Vibration

3. Construction Waste

4. Wastewater

39 runoff with high concentrations of suspended solids if necessary. Flocculants can be used to facilitate sedimentation based on the actual needs.

5. Soil Erosion and Ecology

6. Traffic Control

F. Compliance with Environmental Covenants

The construction for Gaizhou component continued during the first half of 2018. The compliance with environmental covenants has been met during the reporting period. Gaizhou IA has taken necessary actions to minimize the impact of interruptions to water supply, wastewater collection, and other utility services during project construction. The Gaizhou IA has prepared and submitted to the Liaoning PMO its environmental monitoring report. No violations of safety or environmental standards were reported during the reporting period.

G. Training

H. Capacity-Building Progress

As a result, the IA, PMO and the supervising company’s capacities in environmental management and monitoring have been enhanced through the workshop and on-the-job

40 trainings. An environmental management office was finally established and an environmental specialist is in place. The institutional organization and the responsibilities for each environmental position for the Liaoning PMO, local PMO, and IA have been finalized before the construction started. In addition, based on the actual requirements, continued public participation throughout the construction stage will be held to ensure the IAs’ construction programs and impacts are understood and addressed in a timely manner.

I. Issues and Recommendations There are no further issues.

41 VII OTHER SUBPROJECTS

No construction activity for Benxi subproject has been made during the reporting period, as a result, the progress in respect to mitigation measures and environmental monitoring for these subprojects are not discussed here.

42 VIII CONCLUSIONS

The EMPs for Heishan, Huanren, Shenbei, Gaizhou, Benxi and Xinmin subprojects were implemented during the construction period. These subprojects were constructed in accordance with the national and local environmental procedures and guidelines, and the requirements of the EIAs. The adverse environmental impacts arising from the construction period were minimized by implementing relevant mitigation measures.

43 Appendix A-1: Environment Monitoring Location Map for Heishan Subproject

44 Appendix A-2: Environment Monitoring Location Map for Huanren Subproject

45 Appendix A-3: Environment Monitoring Location Map for Xinmin Subproject

46 Appendix A-4: Environment Monitoring Location Map for Shenbei Subproject

The specific locations for Xinmin urban road project

47 Appendix A-5: Environment Monitoring Location Map for Shenbei Subproject

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52 Appendix A-4: Environment Monitoring Location Map for Gaizhou Subproject

53 Appendix B-1: Construction Photos for Benxi Heishan Subproject

54 Appendix B-2: Construction Photos for Huanren Subproject

55 Appendix B-3: Construction Photos for Xinmin Subproject

56 Appendix B-4: Construction Photos for Shenbei Subproject

57 Appendix B-5: Construction Photos for Gaizhou Subproject