Highway 11Project Highway Corrldor Project Public Disclosure Authorized - Highway Project

EnvironmentalAssessment Summary (2nd Revised Version) Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized

HunanProvincial Communications Department ,China Public Disclosure Authorized December,1995 Contents

A. BackgroundDescription of the Project...... 1

B. BriefIntroduction to the Project...... 2

C. Descriptionof the PrimaryEnvironment ...... 3

D. PredictedEnvironmental Impacts and MitigationMeasures ...... 6

E. EnvironmentalMonitoring ...... 13

F. EnvironmentalManagement Institutions and PersonnelTraining ...... 14

G. Participationof the Public...... 15

H. Resettement...... 15

. Summary...... 15

AppendixI KeyElements of the EAP...... 17

Appendix11 Environmental Monitoring Plan ...... 23

AppendixIll EnvironmentalSupeivisory Plan: ...... 25

AppendixIV Summaryof EnvironmentalInvestment ...... 27 AppendixV Summary of SocialInvestigation ...... 29 AppendixVl EnvironmentalStandards (Noise, Atmosphere, WaterQuality) ...... 31 EnvironmentalAssessment Summary of Xlangtan - Lelyang HighwayProject

A. Background of the Project 1. The study work of Xiangtan-Leiyang Expressway belonging to Hunan highway corridor project (formerly termed MXiangtan-LeiyangSection of -ZhuhaiNational Highway, Xiangtan-Yizhang Expressway')started in September, 1992. The prefeasibility study report of the project was finishedin November,1993, and the feasibilitystudy reportwas completed in May, 1995. The preliminary design was finished in February, 1995. As agreed upon by Hunan Provincial Communications Department and experts from the World Bank in October, 1995, this project contains Xiangtan-Leiyanghighway (the main road), nine linking-roads and the subproject--LianyuanClass II Auto-only highway.

2. The HighwayScience Research Institute of the MOC was entrusted with the environmentalassessment for the project by Hunan Communications Department in September, 1993. The research institute holds Class A certificate on environmental assessment awarded by China National EnvironmentalProtection Agency (NAPA).

The project's Environmental Assessment Synopsis was examined and approved by the National Environmental Agency in April, 1995. The environmentalimpacts assessment was examined and approvedby both the EnvironmentalOFFice of the Ministry of Communications and the NationalEnvironmental Agency in November, 1995. 3. The experts from the World Bank has checked the following reports: EnvironmentalImpacts Assessment (EIA) in April, 1995, Environmental Assessment Plan (EAP) in July, 1995, Environmental Assessment Summary (EAS) in November, 1995, all the three concerningXiangtan- Leiyang Highway Project and its eight linking-roads. Besides, the world Bank experts checked the EIA and EAP of the subproject, i.e. Loudi- Highway,the EIA of the linking road betweenTian Taishan in and Yi Shuhe (Tianyi road) in Xiangtan respectivelyin Duly, November,November, 1995. Based on suggestions given by the experts afterchecking the aforementionedreports, final revisionshave been made by the assessingunit and Hunan ProvincialCommunications Department.

4. Major regulationsand standards on environmentadopted in this project. Regulations: (1) China EnvironmentaiProtection Reaulation (2) China AtmosphericPollution Prevention Regulation (3) China Water PollutionPrevention Reqiulation (4) China CulturalRelics Protection Regulation (5) China.Environmental Noise Prevention Regulation (6) China Land ManagementLaw (7) (86) NAPA No. 003 Document, i.e. EnvironmentalProtection ManaaementMeasures for Constructive Proiects

I (8) (90) No. 17 by the MOC, i.e. EnvironmentalProtection Management Measuresfor Communication ConstructiveProjects

EnvironmentalStandards: (9) GB 3095-82 AtmosDhericEnvironment QualityStandards: (10) GB 3096-93 UrbanDistrict EnvironmentalNoise Standards; (11) GB 3838-88 SurfaceWater EnvironmentalQuality Standards. SpecificLimitations concerning each environmentalstandard are shown in AppendixVI.

5. Scopeand Periodof Assessment (12) In this project, the assessment scope of atmosphere, noise and cultural relics is on both sides 200m away from the proposed highway's central line. That of ecologicalenvironment and ordinarywaters is also 200m, but that of wildlifeand air pollutant is to be extended to 500m on both sides away form the proposed highway's central line. The scope for studying social, economicand life quality value is the concemed areas along the whole line including regions or cities as well as districts under their jurisdiction.

(13) Assessmentstandards of the project are as follows: GB 3095-82 Grade II Standard for atmosphericenvironment; GB 3096-93 Urban District Noise Standards as reference for noise environment; Class IV standard for schools and hospitals; Class II Standard for residential areas; Class II standard defined in GB 3838-88 Surface Water EnvironmentalQualitv Standard forwaterquality.

(14) Accordingto the characteristicsand construction period of the project, the assessment period limitation is hereby defined as the year 2020, the predictedyear number for specific phase being as follows: construction phase (1996-1999); early operation phase, 2000; medium operation phase,2010 and late operationphase, 2020.

B. Brief Introductionto the Project 6. Xiangtan-Leiyangexpressway is 168.847krn in total length and will be built under the standardsof highways in plains or lightly hilly areawith designed drivespeed of 1201akh, 27.5m of subgrade. It is a total access controlled expresswaywith 9 interchanges,85 Grade separation,8 extremelybig and big bridges. Besides, there will set up complete facilities including 3 service areas, 3 parking lots, 3 administration stations and 9 tolling stations. Land to be used is 20500.91 mu (equal to 1366.73 hectares, includingtemporary landuse). It is estimated the total investmentis 4.302 billion yuan.There are 9 linking roads with a total length of 39km, in which the distance of 8 roadsamounts to 23km in length.

7. The linking road between Tian Taishan in Zhuzhou and Yi Shuhe in Xiangtan is the longest included in Xiangtan-Leiyanghighway project. It has a total length of 16.056km, being Class I road and containing 4 lanes.

2 The designed drive speed is 1COkm/h and the subgrade is 24.5m. Altogetherthere will set up 2 interchanges. 4 level intersection,3 big and medium bridges. Land to be used is 1124.57mu (equal to 74.97 hectares).It is estimated that the total investmentis 123.68 million yuan, and the earth and stone work is 1.1 51208 million m3.

8. Loudi-LianyuanClass II Auto-only highway is 59.6km in total length, with 4 lanes and designed drive speed being 80km/h. The subgrade is 1Sm. Besides there will set up 4 big bridges, 4 interchanges, 50 grade separationsand 5 tolling stations. Land to be used is 2835 mu (equal to 189 hectares),with 4.65749 million m 3 of earth and stone work. The estimatedinvestment amounts to 426.23 million yuan.

C. Description of the Primary Environment 9. TopographicalFeatures (1) The proposedXiangtan-Leiyang rcad is located in the mid-southof Hunan Province,whose altitude decreases from the middle to both north and south: in north lies the Xiangtan-Hengshan red soil basin; in the middle extends Shiwan-Than lightly hilly or hilly terrain; in the south is the sout,hernHengyang basin. Landforms along the road are mainly erosive- accumulativeplain and slightly hilly terrain. In some areasis lightly hilly or hilly terrainerosive-denudation of erosive denudation.The seismic degree is lessthan IV deqree.

(2) The Tiantaishan-yishuhe linking road lies between Zhuzhou city and Xianr'tancity, both located in Middle Hunan Province.Topography of the arca is plain or lightly hilly land. of quite great undulation. Hilltops are perfectiyround and bedrock appear exposed in most paris.

(3) Loudi-Lianyuan highway is situated in Middle Hunan Province, topographicallybeing low hilly land with some sections atong the road having quite great undulation. General feature is that the altitude decreasesform both south and north to the middle, and that the river valleyis relativelywide.

The areaswhere the project lies are of heavysoil erosion. 10. Climateand Hydrology The project areas have a temperate climate with four distinguished seasons, adequate heat, concentration of rainfiall, varying spring temDerature,drought-attacked summer and autumn, short-termcoldness ano long-termsummer. The annual averagetemperature is 17.2-17.9 °C, andthe annualaverage rainfalil1315.0-1409.6mm with 70% concentrating in the periodfrom April to July. South wind prevailsin summer and mainly northor north-eastwind in the other seasons at the aeneralvelocity of 2.1 mlsecondor so. The area of Loudi-Lianyuan road has a slower wind velocityand a smaller rainfall amount. Withinthe area of the proposed Xiangtan-Leiyangexpressway as well as its Tiantaishan-Yishuhe linking road, all the rivers, which belong to Xiangjiangwater system, have water-flows all-year-round.Due to basically good water quality in main water areas, the well-developedsurface water system has becomethe major wvatersource for industrial and agricultural production. And the underground water along the line, which is also relativelydeveloped except in the Tian-Yi section, is plentiful in quantity and good in quality, providing the local residents with the major drinking watersource. The undergroundwater along the Loudi-Lianyuanalignment is plentiful and good in Quality, serving as the major drinking water source. Water in riversand ponds is used for irrigation, All the rivers in the area belong to Zishui River or the direct tributary of XiangjiangRiver-. 1-:. Socialand EconomicSituations The areas along the proposed Xiangtan-Leiyanghighway as well as its Tian-YiLinking road have quite developed agricultureand industry as well as flourishing commerce. They are the most developed zone anid an importanteconomic belt in Hunan Province, not only serving a.cthe major productionbase of rice, cotton and oil where crops grow twice a year but also serving as the base of such industries. as metallurgy, building materials, chemistry, textile and food processing. According to the statistics of 1993, population in concerning areas amounts to 11.6059 million with the density of 440 person per square kilometer. Both living standards and educational level of the residents here exceedthe average ones in the whole province. Three cities-Zhuzhou, Xiangtan and -inthe project areas possess very abundant mineral resources mainly includingnonferrous metal, coal and building materials. The proposed Loudi-Lianyuan highway is located in the Mid-Hunan economiczone, in which there are relatively abundant natural resources such as nonferrousmetal, building materials and coal. The zone also has a solid heavyindustrial strength and some foundationsfor light industry as well. Developedin agriculture, it is one of the agriculturalproduction base of the province. Besides,the population density is 472 person per square kilometer,and livingstandards of the residents here are belowthe average ones in the whole province. 12. EcologicalEnvironment Having been developed earlier, the along areas have quite developed economy with greatly frequent human activities. The original vegetation has been damaged and gradually substituted by the present secondary forestand artificialvegetation, mainly containing mason pine forest and oil- tea tree forest.There are also China fir forest and citrus forest. Main cereal crops are rice, maize, beans, wheat, yams and Chinese sorghum, while cash crops include cotton, oil-tea camellia and citrus. Hengshan Nanyue Natural Preserve and Hengnan Jiangkou bird sand-bar Natural Conservancyboth stay far (respectively 23km and 6km) away form the proposedroad. No plant or animal that is rare or in imminent danger has been found within 500m from both sides of the road (including Loudi- Lianyuanroad andTian-Yi road) 13. Tourism and Cultural Relics There exist abundanttourist resources along the alignment. Major scenic spots and historicalsites are Yuelu Mountainous Park, Hengshan one of the five famous mountains with unique beauty, the former residence of Miao Zedong, Zhaoshan in Xiangtan, Laiyan Pagoda in Hengyang, the Emperor's Tomb, Callun Memorial Temple in Leiyang, Jiangkou Bird Sand-bar Natural Conservancy, Hengdong Xiyan Cave, MeijiangScenic Spot in Lianyuan city, and so forth. In addition, three sets of ancienttombs of are discoveredin investigationsalong the Xiangtan-Leiyangexpressway line. 14. AtmosphericQuality The atmosphericmonitoring data of recent years showsthat the content of S02 NOx, TSP and CO in Xiangtan, Zhuzhou, Hengyang,Leiyang, Loudi and Lianyuan along the alignment can all roughly satisfy the Grade II standard of atmospheric quality (with TSP in Hengyang and Lianyuan surpassing a little). In December, 1993 and July, 1994, 14 spots were established along the alignment of Xiangtan-Leiyang expressway to monitor the present atmospheric quality concerning CO, NOx, TSP and S0 2. Results express that except in very few spots, the content of NOx and CO can satisfy the Grade II standard. The atmospheric Quality in areaslong each linking road and Loudi-Lianyuanhighway is basicallygood except in the area where Lianyuan steelworks is located. Generally speaking, the atmospheric environment in areas concemed has big capacityand provides sound environmentfor constructionof the project. 15. Sound EnvironmentalQuality According to the monitoring results of present situations collected at 21 spots along Xiangtan-Leiyang highway in December, 1993 and July, 1994, measured noise values in daytime and at night are below the correspondingstandards except in very few spots, and in most spots the noise grades are quite low in comparisonwith the standardvalue. Besides, situations along the linking roads and Loudi-Lianyuan highway are desirable. Therefore in most alignment areas of the project, the sound environmentalquality is good and the sound environmentalcapacity is quite great. 16. Water Resourcesand Quality The area, in which lie Xiangtan-Leiyangexpressway and its linking roads, belongsto Xiangjiang River basin. Major rivers in the area are Xiangjiang River, River, Leishui River, Shahe River and Aoshanhe River. By investigation,there are a number of ponds and two medium and small bridges for field irrigation. According to the all-year-round monitoring results given by Hunan Provincial Environmental Protection Bureau and the spot monitoring results collected for this project at Majiahe and Zhuting, all other water quality values of Xiangjiang River except the oily substancescan satisfy surface water Class IlIl standard. 17. Soil Erosion and Soil Pollution The proposed Xiangtan-Leiyang expresswayand its linking roads pass altogetherfive counties, among which Xiangtan and Zhuzhou County are of medium soil erosion with the other three-Hengdong, Hengnan and Leiyang County of intense soil erosion. In addition, Loudi and Lianyuan city belongto medium soil erosive areas.This showsthat soil erosion exist commonlyand vastly in the alignment areas in that erosivearea comprises

5 20% of the total area of these cities and counties Thus, soil erosion. mainly surface erosion, along the proposed project is sionificant. In areas concerningthe project there are three types of soil: rice soil , red soil and purple soil. Along Loudi-Lianyuan highway rice and red soil dominate. Monitoringdata shows that the Pb content in the soil is quite low (31.6- 90.3mg/kg) especially when compared with the standard lead content in acid soil (<200mg/kg). Because of the low lead content at present, there is certainenvironmental capacity for lead pollution. 18. Trafficand Transportation A comprehensivetransportation network has been preliminaryset up in areas along the proposed Xiang:an-Leiyangexpressway and its 9 linking roads. The network provides all directional railways and road communications,convenient inland navigation and advancedcivil aviation. Due to the rapid economic development and increase in traffic volume in recentyears, the original facilities cannot satisfy the demand of economy. So trafficsituations become worsening,especially roadcommunications. In areasalong Loudi-Lianyuanhighway, there has formed a transportation pattem dominated by railways and roads and supplemented by water transport. But traffic accidents happen very often because of bad road conditions, low technical standards, heavy traffic load, poor adaptability and crowdedtransportation. Based on the present situation, we can see that the constructionof this project will surely help improve traffic and transportation in the areas concernedand promote rapid economic developmentalong the alignment areas.

D. PredictedEnvironmental Impacts and Mitigation Measures 19. The project is to be described here and to be implementedin terms of three phases, in accordance with the assessment on the predicted environmentalimpacts and protection measur-esas well as the compiled environmentalimplementation plans concerning the proposedXiangtan- Leiyangexpressway, its 8 linking roads, Loudi-Lianyuanand Tiantaishan- Yishuhehiahiway. The EAP key elements are concluded into Appendix I.

20. DesignPhase (1) Rationalalignment. In the selection of alignment alternatives,the survey and design unit paid careful attention to rationalizing alignment, minimizing cost, and at the same time took into full consideration environmentalimpact factorssuch as acquisition of arableland, protection of fields: schools, residences and cultural resins, flood control, resettlementquantities, urban expansion, availabilityof building materials and selectionof material sites. For instance, among the three altematives for a certain section of Xiangtan-Leiyangexpressway, the presentone was chosen after careful study and comparison. Similarly in selecting the alignment of Loudi-Lianyuan and Tiantaishan-Yishuhe highway, the philosophyof "Near but not into the City was followed along with other principles like minimizing land acquisition and resettlement, avoiding environmentalsensitive spots such as residences and schools besides avoidinggeological undesirable districts.

(2) Interpersonal Contact. Highway construction will give rise to village separations which will lead to some inconvenience for the villageres contacts and culiation along the highway. For this reason, 394 underpassesand 22 overpasses are designed along the Xiangtan-Leiyng alignment, 48 unoerpasses and 3 overpasses along the Loudi-Lianyuan alignment in addition to 6 underpasses along the Tiantaishan-Yishuhe alignment. Moreover,a number of big, medium and small bridges are to be built along the roads to meet the requirementsof the local people and vehicles.

(3) Soil erosion. With regard to the serious soil erosion in areas conceming the project and to the possibility of causing more soil erosion in the project's construction, it is proposed to plant arbor, bush, grass and climbingivy in the central strip, slope and road boundaryareas along the whole line; besides, skeleton grass, platting was, mansory rubbles and other measureswill be taken to prevent soil erosion. Also, in the design of the project, a complete pavement and drainage system as well as a temporarydrainage system is available in order to lessen soil erosion and to preventthe present hydrological systemfrom changing.

(4) Reducingland occupation. The project locates in hilly terrain, part of which have to be heightened by filiing. Earth should be borrowedform adjacent sites as much as possible based on the requirementsof the project. Major earth borrowing sites are located on both sides of the line. but a few high- yielding arabie land wili be occupied. Since the region has a ;arge population with less land. land acquisition should be minimized. The power plants along the proposed Xiangtan-Leiyanghas.much coal ash in reserve.so in some sections certain quantity of coal ash will be used as 77.e base course materials of the pavement, which will reduce not only the ash pond areabut also the land acquisition.

(5) Land acquisition,dismantling and resettlement. It is emphasizedthat the highway shall be aligned to avert towns and minimize dismantling work and land acquisition. Therefore, there is comparativelya small quantity of dismantling work and a small number of people to be affected by the project. The dismantling quantity of Xiangtan-Leiyang expressway is 255664.89m2, and that of Loudi-Lianyuan highway is 5O3O2m, of Tiantaishan-Yishuhe highway 15543.16m 2 . The numbers of affected people by Xiangtan-Leiyang expresswayand Loudi-Lianyuanhighway are respectively17882 and 482 persons. The constructionunit will specMcally establish a dismantling offiice responsible for the fulfillment of land acquisition and dismantling before the contractor comes. Refer to ResettlementAction Plan (RAP) for details.

(6) Noise pollution Based on spot investigationsalong the alignment areas, altogether26 environmental sensitive points have been defined, distributing as follows: 6 on the linking roads, 6 on the Loudi-Lianyuan

7 line and 2 on the Tiantaishan-Yishuhe line. It is predicted that some sensitive points may be somewhat substandard in different assessment years becauseof the increase of trafric volume along with the construction and operationof the highway. In order to guarantee.the normal teaching orders of school and health of residents in the aligriment areas, in the project design noise mitigation measures must be taken. The noise preventionmeasures for this project are shown in the followingtable.

Noise Prevention Measures for Xiangtan-Leiyang Highway Project

Item 'Noise Mitigationj Implementing Quantity Description I Measures Year Main line of Sound barrier early phase I 4.0m high, I I (1999) 30Dmlong Xiangtan- | Resettlement early phase 1 Changyuan .1 l (1999) school Leiyang I Dismantling early phase 10 Residences (1999) within 25m from highway Expressway Build fencing early phase 2 1 3.Omhigh, ____I walls I (1999) 250mlong Build fencing medium phase 13 E 3.Omhigh, I wvalls (2010) 1 250m long Heighten medium phase 2 3.0m, the first row fences ! (2010) of houses from I______I ______the highway Linkingroads (8) Heighten medium phase 2 j3.0m, the first row fences (2010) |of houses from _ the highwaY Loudi-Lianyuan Dismantling early phase 1 Residences Highway (1999) within 30m from ______highway | Building fence early phase 1 2.Om high, I walls I (1999) I 200Dm long Tiantaishan- Building fence medium phase I 1 2.Dm high, YishuhehiMhway I vwalls (2010) J 200m long

When noise mitigation measures are taken at the above sensitive points where noise values are much substandard, monitoring should be reinforced at the same time at other points where the substandard conditionis not very serious in order that certain preventionmeasures can be takenaccording to actual situations. (7) Atmospheric pollution. At the sensitive points along the alignment, the content of CO and NOx will be within the standard (Atmosphericquality Grade II standard) in both the early operation phase (the year 2000) and the medium one (the year 2020). However, in the late operation phase though the highway CO content stays within the standard, the daily average highest NOx content in Xingtang-Guanshi sectionwill surpass a

S little. Under E, F stability, the daily highest average NOx content at all points is 1.1 times the standard, being excessive a little. Since E, F stability seldom occurs in the daytime, such cases can not happen frequently. As to all sensitive points along the linking roads, Loudi- Lianyuan and Tiantaishan-Yishuhehighway, the content of CO and NOx will not exceed the standard in whatever operation phase. The problem of pollution caused by automobile tail gas will be solved by bettering exhaustive gas discharge, strengthening tail gas examination and reducingthe dischargeof NOx and other tail gases..

Road service areas are set up 100m away the highway center, road managementstations 200m away for the interchanges. Stone yards, earth borrowing sites, waste borrowing sites, waste disposal sites, limestone earth and asphalt mixing sites shall be established for away from the residences in order to prevent adverse impacts on environmentally sensitiveareas. (8) Water pollution. In the project designing, enough permanent and temporary drainage systems as well as a complete drainage system are included. For instance such measures as building new ponds to substitute for the occupied ones, reforming ditches and rebuilding canals besides others will be taken to minimize the interference of surface water pollution to irrigation systems and existent drainage systems. For prevention of water pollution, three sewage treatment stations will be installed in the three service areas along the Xiangtan-Leiyang expresswayso that direct dischargeof sewage into public water source can be avoided.

(9) Protection of cultural relics. The highway construction unit pays high emphasis on the protection of cultural relics during the constructionof this project.The survey and excavationof cultural relics in the alignment areas are delegatedto Hunan Cultural Relics Archaeology ;nstitute. The institute carried out the work in February-March, 1995. By survey three ancient tombs of Han Dynasty were discovered in Liushu village of Guanshi, . Besides, Hunan Cutural Relics Archaeology Institute has compiled an archaeological excavation and protection plan, and all excavationwork will start before the construction. Refer to Cultural Relics Archaeologyand ExcavationPlan for details. Investigationsshow that no cultural relic has been discovered along the alignment of Loudi-Lianyuan and Tiantaishan-Yishuhehighway.

(10) Flood control. Each highway in this project is designed to have complete pavement and subclass drainage systems in addition to enough bridges and culverts. For example, along the alignment of Xiangtan-Leiyang expresswaywill be set up 8 extremely big bridges, 12 medium ones, 10 small ones and 620 culverts. The designed flood frequency for them are respectively3 hundred year frequency for big bridges and one hundred year frequency for medium and small bridges. Loudi-Lianyuan and Tiantaishan-Yishuhehighway are designed to have big bridges with one floodI100 years frequency and medium as well as small bridges with one floodI50 years frequency. Also a certain number of culverts will be built. Designs of these projects can satisfy the safe requirements of flood discharge.

21 ConstructionPhase (1) Atmospheric Pollution. The atmospheric pollution of the highway in construction phase largely results from dust pollution whose major pollutants are the flying dust producedfrom cement mixing, from constructionvehicles and machinery. In addition, the asphalt and concrete mixing stations and the loading and unloading of building materials will also produce dust. In construction site there are possibleasphalt and benzopyrenepollution resultedfrom asphalt mixing site. To relieve the atmospheric pollution in construction phase and to safeguard the health of construction personnel and ,.eighboring residents,the following measures are taken. Mixing equipment shall be well sealed. Agitation equipment shall be installed with secondary dust-removing facilities. Operators shall pay due attention to health protection. There should be no villages or environmentallysensitive areas within 200m downvind of the site. Water shall be sprayed in the construction road. Particular attention should be paid to that of the cement mixing site, asphalt and concrete miing site and access roads. Coal ash shall be disposed of to make its water content at 30%, which shall be maintainedat all time to avoid ash flying. Sealingdevices shall be used in transportation.Coal ash not for use in a long time shall be covered with soil to preventenvironmental pollution caused by dispersion of ash. When filling subgrade,water spray is neededfor materialcompacting, the contractor shall make regular water spray after the impacting to prevent materialflying in the air. Contractorshould enhance management over bulk materials.Open piling is prohibited. The piling yard shall be no less than 500m away from villages.The topsoil of farmland from the vicinity borrowingpoints shall be put together, and shall be filled back after the constructionis over. Stones needed in this project are mostly purchased outside. There are about 10 artificial blasting and mechanized stone sites along the line, which needs strict control. (2). Noise Pollution. The noise in construction primarily.comes from construction machinery and transport vehicles. Strong noise impacting peopleaffected by significant noise will induce marnyhealth impacts and noise deaf which is related with the variation of noise class and noise impacting time. To protect construction workers' health, the following measures should be undertaken:

To rationalizeworking shift by reducing the noise contacting time, or by alternatinghigh-noise work and low-noisework

10 Meanwhile,care should be taken to the maintenanceand correct operation of machiineryso as to minimize the noise of construction machinery.

Constructionworkers in vicinity of noise source shall wear protection earplugs and helmets and their working time should be shortened as appropriate.

Constructionssite involving high noise within 150m of the residences should be stopped in nighttime (22:00-6:00) Noise from construction shall be mitigated by the contractor through rationalizing construction and management. (3). Protectionof EcologicalResources. To protect forest, earth borrowing is prohibited in forest land, esp. not around the forest protection area in the middle upper stream of the Yangtze River in and tea-oil belt improvementarea in Hengnancounty. Cultivated lands shall not be used as earth borrowing points whenever possible.If required,their topsoil (30cm) shall be kept aside and filled back after the construction is over so that the impacts on ecology and agricultureare minimized. Educationof the construction workers should be intensifiedso that they will not to cut trees mistakenly or go haunting in orderto protect natural resources.

(4) Soil Erosionand Water Pollution. Because the projectlocates in the heavy soil erosion region in central Hunan, so there are greaterpossibilities of soil erosion resulted from earth borrowing and filling/digging in constructionphase. It is suggested that:

wastelandand sparsely vegetated land be preferredas earth borrowing points. Construction unit shall be in charge of tree planting and dam construction.

Drainage ditches and dam(s) should be placed in waste points. It is possibleto set up an environmentfacilities zone in some section along the waste points.

For filling sections, their slopes shall be solidified or covered by mason rubbles and retaining wall, intercepting ditch or planted with grass and climbingvegetables.

For cutting sections, it requires a good preparationfor a longitudinal hauling construction with cutting and filling at the same time, the upper and down toes of slopes should be protected by mason stones and retainingwalls.

Plantingshould be done on both sides and slopes of the whole line.

11 The damaged irrigation and drainage systems, artificial ponds shall be recoveredor rebuilt.

Contractorshall always pay due attention to the dealing and smooth going the of drainage system. Limestone and coal ash shall be stored togetherand fenced by bricks or earth, and shall be kept awayfrom water area to preventthe run off from directly affecting watersource.

In constructionof bridges and culverts, it is prohibited to throw wastes into the water. While building water drainage system, tempurary canals or pipes shall be built for irrigation and drainage. Waste water in construction activitiesshall not be discharged into rivers and irrigation canals before being treated in precipitationpond.

(5) Construction camp. A clean and healthy environmental must be maintained in construction camps. Septic tanks will be installed and cleared periodicallyto avoid direct discharge of sewage into public water sources. Moreover,garbage tanks shall be installed with garbage being disposed off periodically.The drinking of raw water shall be prohibited to prevent diseases from spreading. Construction staff are to given regular health checkupsto safeguardtheir health.

(6) Culture Relics. If cultural relics are found during constriction,work shall stop at one, and local department concerned shall be notified.Only after cultural relics protectionagencies havefinished their identification.can the construction be restored. Necessary measures must be taken to protect the excavatedcultural relics.

(7) Vehicle management Local building materials such as sand, stones, earth, cement and others shall be used as much as possibleto avoid long distancetransportation and to reduce traffic jams and constructioncost. In order to reduce traffic jams during the construction phase, a vehicle and transportationplan shall be compiled besides enhancing management of existent roads. In building temporary accesses, a enough number of lighting devices and safety signal devices shall be installed beside the roads. Measuresshall be taken to guide traffic.

(8) Accidental risks. During construction, lighting devices and safety signal devices shall be installed on temporary access, and traffic rules and regulations shall be strictly followed. Effective safety and warning measures will be taken to reduce accidents. Especially in blasting, the blasting time, signal and guarding will be regulated with people and vehicles removed timely. Prior to blasting, thorough inspections shall be made. Furthermnore,the managementand use of blasting materialswill be in strict conformitywith safetyrequirements of public security.

22. OperationPhase (1) Vehicle management.The maintenance and repairing of vehicles should be strengthenedto keep them in sourid conditions. Those vehicles with

12 excessivenoise or tail gas discharge are not permitted to run on this highway. Those transportirng materials should have awnings to avoid spilling on the road. Entrance examinationswil be carried out. Education on relative rules and regulations will be put high emphasis to make the public familiar with the management regulationsconcerning atmospheric and noise pollution control besides enhancing their environmental awareness.

(2) Exhaustdischarge control. To mitigate pollution caused by tail gas, vehicle managementshould be enhanced. For instance,vehicles with excessive exhaustare not allowedto run on the highway,and driving time and speed will be limited at sections possible to surpass standards of that exhaust dischargecan be reduced. There should also be greenbelts near probably excessivesensitive points to lessen tail gas pollution.

(3) Traffic noise control. At noise excessive points defined in prediction, various noise mitigation measures like sound barriers, resettlement, fencing walls or fence heightening (the first row of houses from the highway)will be taken. Simultaneouslywith bringingthe existent excessive sensitive points under control, schools and hospitals are prohibitive on both sides og the proposed project (within 200m of Xiangtan-Leiyang expresswayand 100m of the others). Residences are prohibitive within 50m of the project.

(4) Spilling of dangerous goods. Respectivetransportation coordination units should be set up by local transportation bureaus in areas along the project's alignment. Emergency plan for dangerous goods transportation shall be formulated.The transportation of dangerous goods require three certificatesissued by local transportation bureaus, i.e. delivery -permitting license, driver's license and guardian's license. Public security and firefightingdepartments shall designate a special region or route for these vehicles which can only park at designated lots also. Besides, a registration system wII be adopted by the highway management department to minister dangerous goods transportation. Once spilling happensrelevant organizations should be notified immediatelyand actions should be taken accordingto the emergencyplan.

E. EnvironmentalMonitoring 23. Pollutionmitigation. Some latent environmentalproblems can be detected earlier by verffying the validity of environmentalimpact predictions and adjusting timely environmental protection measures. Henceforth, an environmental monitoring plan has been formulated for this project. According to this monitoring plan, the atmospheric environmental monitoringand water quality monitoring in the construction and operation phase will be conducted by local environmentalprotection organizations by contract. Noise monitoring along Xiangtan-Leiyang expressway will be conduct by the EP supervisory engineers of projectsupervision stations in the construction phase and by the environmentalprotection section of Xianglei Highway company in the operation phase. In addition, environmentalmonitoring along Loudi-Lianyuanand Tiantaishan-yishehe

13 highwaywill be entrusted to local environmentalprotection organizations. Please refer to AppendixII- Environmental MonitoringPlan for details.

24. Atmospheric quality. The atmospheric monitoring is divided into two phases: the construction phase and the operation phase. In the first phase, the main monitoring item is TSP, lasting one day with a frequency of once/week.Monitoring places are major construction sites, and.material transportationroads adjacent to sensitive residencejoints. In the second phase, monitoring items are NOx, CO and TSP, lasting continuously for rive days each time, four times within a day and twice a year. Based on actual situations on each road, 6 monitoring places will be set up on Xiangtan-Leiyang line and 2 on both Tantaisha-Yishuhe and Loudi- Lianyuan line.

25. Noise. In the construction phase, noise monitoring places are mixing stations, construction sites, quarries and major roads for material transportation. The monitoring frequency is once/week,one day for each time and respectivelyeach time in the daytime and at night. Random monitoring may also be conducted according to actual situations. In the operation phase, the monitoring frequency is 4 times a year, one day for each time and twice within a day (each in the daytime and at night). In terms of standard-exceedingsituations on each line, 13 monitoring places will be set up along Xiangtan-Leiyang expresswayand its 8 linking roads in the earlyoperation phase, and the place numberwill be increasedto 24 (2 for linking roads). Loudi-Lianyuan and Tianshan-Yishuhehighway will have2 monitoringplaces each.

26. Water quality. Water quality will be monitored along Xiangtan-Leiyang expressway in both the construction and the operation phase. The monitoringplace will be near the extremelybig Xiangjiangbridges, with the frequency being three times a year and one day for each time in the construction phase, but once a year and one day for each time in the operationphase F. EnvironmentalManagement Institutions and Personnel Training The environmentalprotection office of HunanProvincial Communications Department(HPCD) is responsiblefor the environmentalmanagement of projectsin the transportbusiness of Hunan Province.An environmental and resettlementoffice has been set up by HunanProvincial Expressways Constructionand DevelopmentCorporation (HPECDC). Xianglei Highway Companyand Loudi Highway Companywill establishtheir respective environmentalprotection section staffed with 3 professionalsin charge of environmentalprotection management. 4 EP supervisoryengineers will be engaged by constructionsupervision units to b responsiblefor EP supervisionwork in the constructionphase. Xianglei Highway Company and Loulian Highway Company will take the responsibilityfor the environmentalprotection in the operation phase.As to the managementof Tiantaishan-Yishuhehighway, the supervisioncompany will be responsible in the constructionphase, and the workwill be delegatedto the EP office of HPCDand HunanProvincial Highway Bureau in the operationphase.

14 Environmental monitoring will be conducted by local environmental protection bureaus,supervisory engineers and Xianglei Highwaycompany. Hunan ProvincialEnvironmental Protection Bureau has as its duty routine supervisionvwork and local EPBs will supervise environmentalwork within their jurisdiction loth of these two have the responsibilityfor supervising EAP implementingorganizations and supervising in conformity with laws and regulations.Environmental supervising organizationsand supervisory plan are shownin Appendix 1ll. 28. The environmentaltraining plan for this project. includes two parts: (1) training for personnel of environmental management; (2) training for personnel of environmental supervision. Training for management personnelhas been included in the World Bank AssistanceProjects (twice in China and once abroad). The training fee for supervisory personnel amounts to 74000 yuan. For details refer to Report on Training and Procurement.

G. Participation of the Public In order to carry out the construction feasibly and effectively, the assessmentunit, the construction as well as the design u.iit have invited the alignment organizations or representatives to have quite a few discussions.They listened to various opinions and suggestionsconcerning such issues as alignment alternatives, locations of overpassesand major environmentalproblems (for details refer to EnvironmentalImpact Report for Xiangtan-Leiyang,Loudi-Lianyuan and Tiantaishan-Yishuhehighway). meanwhile, social surveys have been made, in which opinions from various circles are solicited. Those who took part in the survey include unions and non-governmental organizations which will be affected and residents who will be influenced by resettlement and land acquisition. Table of public participation and social surveys are shown in Appendix V. The Resettlementand Acquisition Plan formulated on the basis of opinions and suggestionscollected among the massesis shown in RAP.

H. Resettlement 30. Sample surveysof the affected villagerstell that 100% requires economic compensations,96% wants to be settled down on the spot and only 4% demandsfor changingtheir professionsGobs).

31. Based on the requirements of the masses and the relevant policies of China, the problem should be solved on the spot through adjusting land, improving the original farmland, relocating homestead by village committeesfor house building, and making good use of the indemnity fee for land acquisition and resettlement to develop agriculture, industry, supplementaryand service industries to help the villagerssettle down.

L Summary 32. No serious environmental impact will emerge since all adverse impacts can be mitigated or eliminated after taking EAP environmentalprotection measures being implemented.

15 33. The projectwill have no damage and little effect on cultural relics. With the cooperationof cultural relics organizations, cultural relics excavationshave been made and an excavation plan has been worked out. Besides, regulationson nationalcultural relics will be enforcedduring construction.

34. The project has no serious risks of earthquake and in dangerous goods transportation,and has little effect on flood controlin the alignment areas.

35 No large population flow from villages to cities will be caused due to the principle of "Solving on the Spot" in dismantling, land acquisition and resettlement.

36. The projectwill benefit the development and utilizationof tourist resources since it has little effect on wildlife resources.

37. The estimated investment in environmental protection for Xiangtan- Leiyangexpressway amounts to 21.2032 million Yuan which is 0.51% of the total investment, i.e. 4.204509 billion Yuan (except riantaishan- Yishuhe highway). Environmental beneft achieved by the development projects exceed the environmental loss. The adverse impacts brought about by the development projects are environmentally acceptable. Moreover,the alignment environment along the existent 107 national highwaywill be greatly bettered. Situations are similar for Loudi-Lianyuan and Tiantaishan-Yishuhehighway.

38. Special environmental protection organizations have been set up to implement all protection works. And these organizationswill be perfected graduallyto do satisfactory protection work

39.. Fcur plans has been worked out, which include Environmental Management Plan, Environmental Supervisory Plan, Environmental MonitoringPlan and EnvironmentalAction Plan.

16 Appendix I.

China National Highway 11Project Hunan Xiangtan-Lelyang Highway and Linking Roads EAP Key Elements of Loudi-Llanyuang and Tlantaishan-Ylshuhe Roads

Environmental Measurestaken or to be taken ImplementinglResponsible Issue lOrganization Organization A. DesignPhase 1. Alignment The alignmentis selected from 3 alternativesso Designing HPCD as to minimizethe land occupation, air pollution Unit and noise's impact on residences, to avoid unfavourablegeological conditions and cultural relics. The alignmentselection of Loudi- Lianyuangand Tianaishan-Yishuheroads have also taken into considerationof environmental elements 2. 416 passageways(including 22 overpasses)are Designing HPCD Interference designedfor Xiangtan-Leiyanghighway. 48 Unit on People underpassesand 3 overpassesare designedfor Loudi-Lianyuanghighway; as to Tiantaishan- Yishuheroad, 6 underpasses are designedto meet the needs of the local residents and _vehicles 3. Soil * In slopes and suitable places along the Designing HPCD Erosion roadside,bush, grass will be plantedand Unit retainingwall, water intercepting ditches, masonryrubbles will be built to preventsoil erosion. a Temporaryand permanent drainage system are designedto minimize the soil erosion and the impact on irrigationcanals. The affected ponds shouldbe reexcavated(relocated) ______=affected pond (irrigation pond) _ 4. Dust/air Besidesthe measuresin ftem 1, earth Designing HPCD Pollution borrowingsites, waste disposal sites and Unit asphalt mixing sites are identified to concem with the environmentalissues like dust and Isimilar residences. 5. Water Sewage disposalfacilities are designed at the 3 Designing HPCD Pollution service areasof Xiangtan-Leiyanghighwayto Unit treat the sewage before entering into public water source. 6. Noise Besidesthe measuresin Item 1, measuresas Designing HPCD sound barriers,building and heighteningfencing Unit walls are identifiedand incorporatedinto the designand tenderingdocuments. 7. Cultural Surveyhas been made on the line. 3 ancient Hunan Hunan Relics tombs discoveredalong the alignmentwill be Provincial Provincial excavatedprior to construction ArchaeologicalCultural Institute Relics (HPAI) Bureau _ (HPCEB)

17 (continued) Environmental Measurestaken or to be taken ImplementingResponsible Issue Organization Organization 8. Flood Bridgesand culverts have been well designed Designing HPCD for the purposeof the flood discharge (Xiang- Unit Lei highway.three hundred year flood frequency for big bridges,one hundred year flood frequencyfor others ;Loudi-Lianyuanhighway and Tian-Yiroads: one hundred year flood frequencyfor big bridges and fifty yearflood ______frequencyfor small bridges I B. ConstructionPhase

1. Dustlair * Water should be sprayed during construction Pollution phase,in the line and earth mixing sites, asphalt| mixing site andtemporary roads. In filling IContractor HPECDC subgrade,water spraying .s needed to solidify Xianglei the material.After the impacting, water spraying HighwayCo. should be regularto preventdust. * Coal ash to be used should contain 30% water contentor moreto preventthe ash from Loudi- dispersing.In warehousesand piling yards, esp. Lianyuang the coal ash should be covered, exceptthey are HighwayCo. to be used immediately. * Vehiclesdelivering materials should be Hunan coveredto reducespills Provincial * Residencesshould be 5OOmfrom downward Highway wind directionof asphalt mixing sites. Admiristraton - Mixingequipment should be well sealedand vibratingequipment should be equippedwith dust-removedevice. Operators should pay attentionto their health . 2.Soil * In slopes and other suitable places along the Contractor HPECDC Erosion/ roadside,trees and grass should be planted, Xianglei Water esp. on sectionswith high filling and deep HighwayCo. Pollution cutting,their slopes should be coveredby stone walls and plantedwith grass, etc. If existingirrigation and drainage system, ponds are damaged,they should be rebuilt or Loudi- recoveredby suitable means Lianyuang * Limestoneand coal ash should be stacked HighwayCo. togetherand fenced by bricks or earthwall, and kept awayfrom water. Hunan * In sectionsalong the river, earth and stone Provincial will be properlydisposed of so as not to block Highway rivers, resultingin adverse impact on water Admirnistraton quality * In buildingpermanent drainage system, temporarycanals and culverts will be built for ._ _the sake of irrigation and drainage !

18 (continued) Environmental Measurestaken or to be taken Ilmplementing Responsible Issue I|Organization Organization s All necessarymeasures will be takento preventearthworks and stone works from impedingthe riversand water canals or existingirrigation and drainagesystem. * Alljustifiable measures will be takento preventthe wastewater producedin constructionfrom enteringinto riversand irrication systemr 3. Construction* Sufficientmeasures will be taken in the Contractor HPECDC Camp constructioncamps, i.e. provisionof garbage Xianglei tanks andsanitation facilities. Waste in HighwayCo. septictanks will be clearedperiodically * Drinkingwater will meet China National Standard Loudi- * Garbagewill be collectedin a tank and Lianyuang disposedof periodically HighwayCo. * Specialattention shall be paid to the sanitarycondition of camps Hunan Provincial Highway Adminisbtation

4. Noise * Noisestandard of industrialenterprises will Contractor HPECDC be strictlyenforced to protectconstruction Xianglei workersfrom damage.Workers in vicinityof HighwayCo. strongnoise vill wear earplugsand helmets andtheir working time should be limited. Loudi- * In constructionsites within 150m where, Lianyuang thereare residences,noisy construction HighwayCo. shouldbe stoppedfrom 22:00-6:00 Maintenanceof machineryand vehicles Hunan shouldbe enhancedto keeptheir noiseat a Provincial minimal. Highway Adrrmnistraon 5.Conservation* To preservethe forest,earth borrowing, Contractor HPECDC of Eco- piling& buildingtemporary camps are Xianglei resources prohibitedin forestlands. HighwayCo. * Arablelands should not be usedas earth borrowingwhenever possible. If needed,the Loudi- opsoil(30cm) should be kept and refilledafter Lianyuang the constructionis overto minimizethe impact HighwayCo. on ecosystemand agriculture. * Constructionworkers should betold to Hunan protectnatural resources and wild animals. Provincial Huntingis prohibited Highway * Construction vehicles should run at Administraton temporaryaccesses avoid to damagingarable . landsand cattle-raising lands.

19 (continued) Environmental Measurestaken or to be taken Implementing Responsible Issue Orqanization Omanization 6. Accidental * To ensuresafe construction,in the Contractor HPECDC Risks temporaryaccesses during, construction, Xianglei lightingdevices and safetysignal devicewvill HighwayCo. be installed,meanwhile in these temporary accesses,traffic rules andregulations will be activelyenforced. Duringconstruction, effective safety and warningmeasures will be takento reduce Loudi- accidents.The blastingtime, signal and Lianyuang guardingwill be regulated,the peopleand HighwayCo. vehicleswithin blastingarea should be removedtimely Hunan * Priorto blasting,thorough inspection Provincial shouldbe made Highway . Safetylookoutwill be builtto prevent Administation peopleand vehiclesfrom passingafter blasting.Blasting will not be madein rush hoursso as not to causetraffic jam and injury. * The managementand use of blasting |materialswill be in strictconformity with the IsafetYrequirements of public security. 7. Cultural * If valuableor invaluablearticles as fabrics, HPA! HPCRB Relics coin, artcrafts,structures or othergeographic or archaeologicalrelics were discoveredit shouldimmediately notify the local related departmentThe excavationshould be stoppeduntil authorizeddepartment identifies them * Archaeologistswill supervisethe excavationto avoidany damageto the relies. 8. * Localmaterials should be used as much as Communica- possibleso as to avoidlong distance Contractor HPECDC tions & transportation,esp. that of earthand stone. Xianglei Transportation* If trafficjammed during construction, HighwayCo. measuresshould be takento movethe jam 'with the coordinabonof transportationand Loudi- publicsecurity department Lianyuang * Temporaryaccess should be built in the HighwayCo. interchangeof the highwayand other roads. * Passingtime on NationalHighway 107 will Hunan be limited,similar measures will be also Provincial appliedto roadswith trafficjams Highway

l______Administation * Materialsmay be deliveryin advancein relativelyleisure season of traffic (Jan/Dec, Sept/Oct.) * A transportationplan of materialswill be formu!atedto avoiddelivery of them at peak hours,esp. on existingroads

20 (continued) Environmental Measurestaken or to be taken Implementing -Responsible Issue 1 Organization IOrganization C. Operationphase 1. Accidentof * Regionalor municipal transportation Xianglei Xianglei hazardous bureauswill set up respectivetransportation HighwayCo. Highway Co. materials coordinationunit for hazardous substances. a For deliveryof hazardous substances, three Loudi- Loudi- certificates issued by transportation Lianyuang Lianyuang departmentare required-permit license, HighwayCo. Highway Co. drMinglicense and guarding license. Vehicles deliveringhazardous substances will be Hunan Hunan printed with an unified signs Provincial Provincial * Public security,transportation and Highway Highway firefighting departmentswill designate a AdmirnistrabonAdrninisratlon special routefor these vehicles. These vehicles can only harbored at designated EPO of parking lots. HPCD * For managementof this project hazardous substances,the highway management departmentwill administer it by registration system. . In case of spill of hazardous materials, report to the relevantdepartments at once and deal with it in accordance with the emergency plan 2.Vehicle * If the noiseof vehicle is excessive,the Xianglei Xianglei Management vehicle is not permitted to run on this HighwayCo. HighwayCo. highway until the problem is solved. Exhaust inspctfion will be enhanced. Unqualified Loudi- Loudi- vehicles are not allowed to run on this Lianyuang Lianyuang highway HighwayCo. HighwayCo. * Public will be educated about the regulationson air pollution and noise of Hunan Hunan vehicles. Provincial Provincial * Bulk cargo such as coal, cement, sand, Highway Highway etc. easily spilled or pollute over the highway, Adrninistration Adrministrafon will be inspected,prohibited vehicles carrying these cargo but not having protection EPO of HPCD measures from running on this highway 3. Noise Accordingto monitoring results, at places with XiangleiHiglhwy lianglei Highway excessivenoise, sound barriers or other Co. Co. measureswIIl be adopted. Loudl-Lauiag Loudi-Lianyuang mighaeyCo. HighwayCo. Hxan Provincil HunanProvincal Highway Hlgtay Administration Administration IEPO of HPCD 4.MaintenanceThe drainagesystem will be periodically XlangleiHighway XangaeiHighway of Drainage clearedso as to ensure the water flow. Co. Co. System HighwayLoudi-LianWgCo. HghuwyLoudinyuangCo. HunanProvincial HunanProvinciaI Highway Highway Administrdtion _Adminstration EPOof HPCD

21 (continued) Environmental Measurestaken or to be taken Implementing Responsible Issue' Organization Oraanization 5. Others Buildings are prohibitivewithin 50m of the XiangeHghway XiangIeiHghway road. No schoolsand Co. Co. hospitalsare allowed within 200mfrom the Loudi-LganyCongLoud-Llanpang roadsidesof Xiangleihighway, 1 00m from Hian Proviniaal the roadsidesof Loudi-Lianyuanand Tianyi HunanProvincial Highway roads HIghy Admiistration ______Admhstralion EPOof HPCD D.EnvironmentalMonitoring 1. (1) ConstructionPhase Local Supervision Atmosphere (a) MonitoringItem TSP Monitoring Co. (b) MonitoringFrequency onetweek Station Lengthof Time 1 days (d) MonitoringPoint Mainconstruction sites and materialstransportation roads near the sensitivepoints (2) OperationPhase Ca)Monitoring Item: TSP. NOx.CO Local Xianglei (b)Monitoring Frequency twice/year Monitoring HighwayCo. (Jan.July) CO.one/year Station Loudi- Lengthof Time: 5 days Lianyuang (d) MonitoringPoints: 6 locationson Xianglei HighwayCo. highway,2 locationsat both Loudi-Lianyuan andTianyi roads Hunan (3) MonitoringStandard Provincial AtmosphericMonitoring Standard Issued by Highway the NEPA Adrinistration EPOof HPCD 2. Noise (1) Monitoring Frequency Environment Supervision (a) ConstructionPhase: 1tweek Supervision Co. (b) OperationPhase: 4/year Erigirieer Loudi- (2) Monitoring Points (Hanglei Lianyuang (a) ConstructionPhase: Construction sites LgcaY) HighwayCo. within 1.50m of which there are residences or Local sensitive units,waste disposal sites, delivery ftton Hunan roads, quarries Provincial (b) OperationPhase: 13 locations in earlier Xianglei Co. Highway period on Xiangleihighway and 22 points in Local Admiristabon middle period;2 locations on Louudi- supervision EPOof HPCD Lianyyuan,Tianyi and other linking roads station (3) Monitoring Standard Existinp noise standard issued by the NEPA 3. Water (1) MonitoringItem: BODs, COD, SS, Local Supervisory Quality OIL Monitorng Co. (2) MonitoringFrequency: Staton Constructionphase:3 timeslyear,/day twice/day Operationphase: once/year (3) MonitoringPoints: 2 pointson Xiangleihighway (4) MonitoringStandard _Water quality standardissued by the NEPA

22 Appendix 11. Atmospheric Environment Monitorlng Plan of the Main Line Phase Monitoring Monitorng Montoring Lengtol Samo1l _mgIniplemortlng Responsible Supervisory Place Item Frequency ThWi Organization Organizatin Organiation Construc- Main In constructon ion Phase construction tkne, oncehI Local Supervision Local skes and TSP onml week I day the mornringand monitoring cornpanY EPBs tranupoit In the evenig stations EPOof roadsnear HPCD the sensitive poWs of residences Opertion Kianglel NOx lin Jan. and 5 days 7:00 10:00 Phase highway: July 1400 17:00 Taui CO Jan (Winter) Local XIanglel Hepawan -on* ornOg Compary Local EPBs LiubukongO TSP one In Jan 5 days oce in the stations Yhanschool andJuly moring andIn EPOor Seguchang aliemoon HPCD Hongshi School Lou& Guuangtan Lianyuang kBo* Co. Tlanwroad:

school Cihuschod highway: scooMacping In

Note: Moritorng frequencySubject to achal situaton.

Noise Environmental Montorl g Plan of the Main line Phase M1ontongPlace Monitoring Monkoring Lengthof Samping ImplemeningjResponsible Supersory ______I______tem Frequency Tine Tome OrganizationIOranation Or nizatlon Constructionwithin 150m twice In a day EP Supervision Local Phase . where there are in constrution Supevisory compary EPBs residencesor time engineers sensitiveareas Noise once) I day (school) week Local EPOof consctin ste monkoring HPCD wastepits, station transpontroads andquaffies Xnglel highway. Widng roadsLoulan highwayand Tan road) Early I(langlei operation highwa. phase Yuane school, MXanglei Xanglei Heawan, Comparny Corpany Chan In. Lowd- Chongtouschool Local Llariyuang Jiongshi. Batou. monioring Co. Tahxi. Noise 4t1res 2 daYs 10:00-11:00 station EPOof Local Ceguuchang year 22:00-23:00 HPCD EPBs |Lhbul g.

23 (continued)______Phase MonikoringPlace MonttoringMonikoring Length at S.mplng mrnpiementIngResponsible Supervisory Item Frequency iTmeTlne Orpnlatlon OrgnnizaionOrganizallon Hongshischool, GuanibngRaops. , Lbnalgowan. Loullan higway: Tangpivmage, Moopingmiddle school Tlanyiroad: Clhuschool. Xianfinschool_ _ MMedium Added: term Xbanglel operation highway: phase Talgioschool, Noise 4 tlmes/ 2 days 10:00-11:00 Xlan&iel Xianglel Yitianschool year 22.00-23:00 Company Company Raojb.Wumring vilage.Dapig schoo DaoipIngschool Yanqiaoschool Local Loudi. Zhongiawan Monilorng Lbanyang Lann Station Co. Unkingroads: LFlaaowu, Shangwanvilbge Loullan highway: Maopingmiddle =_ _ _ _ _ s h o ______hod ___ =______Note:Random Monitoring

'VWaterQuality Monitoring Plan of the Main Line Phase Montoring MonioringMonitoring Length SarrpingrTe ImlrnementigResponsible Supervisory | Place hem Frequency of Oranition rmgeniiOrgarition on SuroundingsCODcr 3 tiresyar of Maphe oncein onceIn morningLocal SupervisionLocal Xiangjang SS everylow 1 day andanother In monitoring comparny EPBs Bridge water aftemoon stations SurroundingsBOs season. Constructiondf Zhuthig medium Xlanpang Petroleumwater Bridge season,Ngh Sumundings water drTangpo season Zhashti lBrFed_ Surroundng CODcr of Majahe onceinthe Local Local Xlangang SS I day morningand in monitoring Xlanglel EPBs Bridge theaftemoon statons cornpany SurroundngBODs Operation ofZhtting Once/year XiangjiangPetroleum Bndge Surroundhg ofTangpo Mishui lBridge Note:The specific place for quality monitoring may be agreed uponwith local EPBs, may also be identifiedas the customary monitoring place of EPBs, whose data can be applied.

24 Appendix m3L

Environmental Supervisory Plan Phase Organization SupervisionContents SupervisionObiectes FIS National Environmental 1. Review TOR 1. Guaranteea complete Phase ProtectionAgency Environmental (NEPA) AssessmentContents Hunan Provincial appropriatetopic setting EnvironmentalProtection obviousemphasis. BureauWorld Bank 2 Reviewthe 2. Make sure it reflects EnvironmentalImpact those possible,significant Assessment Report potentialproblems which might be produced by this 3. Review EAPDraft project 3. Guaranteea concrete, viableaction plan of the ______mitiaation measures Worid Bank NEPA 1. Review the preliminary 1. Strictlyexecute "Three Hunan Provincial design of environmental Simultaneousness"and EnvironmentalProtection protection and EAP EAP Bureau (EPB) .- World Bank 2. Check the availabilityof 2. Guarantee NEPA environmentalprotection environmentalprotection investment investment Hunan Provincial 3. Inspect the 3. Ascertainthese sites in EnvironmentalProtection appropriatenessof compliancewith Bureau(EPB). Prefecture, material yard, and lime- environmentalprotection Design& municipaland county earth mixing site. requirements. Construc EPBs -tion 4. Inspect dust and noise 4. Minimizethe impacts Phase pollution control,decide on the surrounding the constructiontime environmentby implementingapplicable regulationsand laws criteria

5. Inspect the stack piling S. Minimizethe impacts of loading and unloading on surrounding of hazardoussubstances. environmentby the discharge of construction,enforce atmospheric pollutants applicableregulations and laws goveming environmentalprotection-

6. Inspect the discharge 6. Guaranteethe surface and treatment of daily and undergroundwater waste water and waste uncontaminated machine oil in construction ______site Hunan Provincial 7. Recover and handingof 7. Guaranteethe EnvironmentalProtection the earth borrowingand landscapeand land Bureau waste sites resourcesnot seriously CulturalRelics damaged ArchaeologicalResearch Instituteof Hunan Province

25 (Continued) 8. Inspectthe liiree 8. Guaranteethe Three Simultaneousness"of Simultaneousness environmentalprotection facilities,identify the final date. HunanProvincial 9. Inspectwhether the 9. Qualifjenvironmental EnvironmentalProtection environmentalprotection protectionfhcilities BureauNational facilities meet standard EnvironmentalProtection AgencyHunan Provincial 10. Inspectthe existence 10.Protect the cultural CulturalRelics Bureau of culturalrelics under relics ___ground HunanProvincial 1. Inspectthe 1. Makesure of the EnvironmentalProtection implementationof EAP implementationof EAP Bureau in operationphase 2. Verifythe 2. Makesure of the implementationof implementationof the monitoringplan monitoringplan 3. Verifythe necessity 3. Protectenvironment for unforeseen consciously environmentalproblem Operation HunanProvincial 4. Inspectwhether the 4. Intensify Period EnvironmentalProtection environmentalquality of environmental BureauPrefecture, environmentallysensitive management,to Municipal,County EPBs areasmeet relevant safeguardhuman health qualityrequirements 5. Inspectthe sewage 5. Guaranteethe disposalof livingari sewagedischarge meet servicingareas thestandard 6. Inspectwhether the 6. Guaranteethe pavementdrainage drinkingwater source gettinginto drinking uncontaminated water HunanProvincial 7. Intensifysupervision 7. Minimizerisk of EnvironmentalProtection to preventunexpected accidentalspill of Bureau accidents,work out in hazardoussubstances PublicSecurity & advancean emergency FirefightingDepartments handlingact to eliminate leakageof dangerous, hazardoussubstances in case it happens. AppendixIV

Summnaryo Environment Investment No. Item [Description Quarnity Unt Amount | Remarks 1I______I______11000yuan 1000yuan I Plantingtrees on Embankonent.side length 20yuan/lon 4294.8 Incluing interchanges,soi I highwaysides slope.foot andtop of 214748rn (Xianglel excavationarea arbor 30800 tree the cutting Bush34563 highway) trees. cistancebetween trees Arbor 1192.00 and inesis 4m 168929 (Lolanhghway) 321.29 2 Grass Slopeplant (riarnyiroad)

3 Plat belt Hongshischool 20.00 wkth 10-20m. bngth 200m (middle lern) i 4 SoundBarier Three in short-term 30OnVplace 0.3 360.00 SoundBar2ler heig0t 4m, _ __ _ . _ | ~~~~~~ ~~yuanrmZlenwth 200m 5 Resettlement ChangyuanSchool I 300.00

Residenceswithin 50 famikles. totals 224 people Dismantling 25mfrom the 10 places 20 /romrn 2000.00 roadssides(Xianglei higtway) Residenceswithin 30mfrom the 10families 20thrrly 200.00 roadsides(Loulian highway) 6 Heigtenfences 2 in short-terrn(main 65/place 130.00 Heigtento 3m lne) 2 in mediumterm flnkdnoroads) I651pbace 130.00_ 7 Buildfencing wals 2 in short-term 500m a. 1rrt 150.00 (Xiangleihighway) 13 inmedium-term 3250m O.I5' 975.00 1 in short4erm 200m 0.11m2 40.00 2.Dmhigh (Lolianhighway) 1 in middle-tern 200m 0 11n2 50.00 2.Omhigh a(Tanyiroad) 8 Set p traffic signs I'NoTrmpeting signs inearly phase 2pcs 1/piece 2 9 Planting Zhuting.Dap. 3 places 200.00 600.00 Leiyangservice area Loulanhighway toll 5 places stations 50.00/place 250.00

10 Sewagedisposal Zhuting.Dap. facilitiesin service Leiyang, 3 place 600.00 1800.00 areas Hengyuan LI __ I _ 11 Protectionof Surveyand 1 1150.00 culural relics excavation 12 Monitoringfee Spervisionstation. I Construction 1584.20 1287.3yuanLyear (including Localmonitoring Phase 1connectingroads). (including station.EP sectionof Iconstrctionand operation yXiangleiCompany. Operation 5332.00 Iphases) LocalEPB Phase 650.00 Luuuolianhighway, Lolian Tianyiroad highway)

- 67120 13 Emergency (ianrri road)I

13 lEmergency I I I150.00

27 Table 13 (continued) No. ftem DescripUon QuarFity Amount Remarks 1DOO yusn IOO0yuan I 14 Training 0Tr.ining for Twice In trainingfee for managemert personnelof China,once 74.00 staffhas beenhicluded In the enfironmental abroad EIP TechnicalAid Projectof the managemedw WNB.Therefore. not listed here WTriningfor persormel environmei I _ 5~~~UperAsioin 15 Frefighting Eachstaffed wvth 6 2 30 US S 60 USS vehicles pernons 16 Emergencycars Eachstaffed with 3 5 30 US S 150USS persons 17 Noise intrument Oneset for each 7 6uss 42 US S other3 to EPOof HPCD supeNisonstation 1B Cornputer 4 12 USS

Note: G)The cost of reclaimingland and pond has been included in the resettlementcost thereforenot listed here. Refer to RAP. 0 Purchasingcost for watel spraying vehicles is paid by contractors not listed here. (3 The costs for interseptingditches, slope protection,passageways are included into the construcSion cost.

Implementation Progress of Major EP Measures

hem 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

______1 l3F _ z7~ _f3 4121314 Dismantlng,land acqusiton I-I_ _ Heightenirngfences, r r T r_ buridmg wals I I I I I Iwa_s

Soundbamer - - - - _ T H - - - Sewagedisposal ; 'faciUfesin serviceI areas TrairnIfor I I I I I supervisory staff 1 1 Trairingfor11I I

ernAronmerdal~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 2 AppendixV.

Summary of Social Investigation

I Whethersupport the Yes 100% Remark constructionof the highway No 0% ______Uncommitted 0% 2 Who benefitsfrom the Individules 9096 Someselect two contructionof the Highwya Unit 80% or threeiterns. so State 100% the percentageis morethan 100% 3 Whetherknow of relevant Clear 92% stipulationsconceming the Not very clear 8% constructionof the highwaywith Not clear 0% _vou 4 Understandthe policies Yes 85% concemigland acquisition & resettlement No 15%4 5 Whetherabide by the resettling Yes 100% policies No 0% . 6 What requirementson Economic 100% Someselects resetilement conpensation morethan 2. so Resetilement 96% the percentageis locally morethan 100% change ot iob 4% 7 Which kindof pollutionexerts Trafficnoise 15% Somedoes not greaterimpact on you Automobile 5% tick off, so the exhaust percentageis less Lime-earth 10% than 100% Inconvenience 40% of accessibilily _ 8 Whatmitigation measures to be Plantingtrees 80% Somesuggests taken Build sound 2% morethan 2 barriers measures,so the Far awayfrom 40% percentageis .______villages . morethan 100%

29. Social Suurvey of LoudllLianyuan Highway

*______In estigationStatistics (I) Investigaion Attitudeto the ImpactAfter Construction Requirementson moIm NewHiahwa PollutionMitioaon Classification Support Uncom Atmos- Noise Dust Incon- HighwaySound Others mitted phere venient planting Barier

______A ccess . Quantity 428 159 278 121 145 360 135 87 Percentage(%) 100% 33% % 25% 30% 75% 28% 18%

Investigation Statistics (11) Item Whetherknow the Whetherabide by the Requirementson resettlement compensation removal& policyon removal& resettemernt resettlement . Yes No Yes Uncommitted Economic jResettlechange of I______compensation-ment employment Quantity 46.3 19 472 10 424 34 24 Percentage 96% 4% 98% 2% 88% 7% 5%

30 Appendix Vt.

Noise Criteria for Urban EnvironmentGEB3096493) Category Day Night ApplicableZone 0 50 40 Special Residences 1 55 45 Residences, Educationand Cultural Zone 2 60 50 Residences, Commercial,Industrial Mixed Zone 3 65 55 Industral Zone 4 70 55 Two Sides of Trunk Highways

Quality Criteria for Atmospheric Environment (GB 3095-82) Pollutant Concentrationlimit (mgIm4) Name _I Valuemeasurement class I class 11 | class ill time . _ __ TSP dailyaverage 0.15 0.30 0.50 anytime 0.30 1.00 1.50 IP dailyaverage 0.05 0.15 0.25 any time 0.15 0.50 0.70 S02 annual& daily 0.02 0.06 0.10 averagetime 0.05 0.15 0.25 dailyaverage 0.15 0.50 0.70 any time . NOx dailyaverage 0.05 0.10 0.15 anytime 0.10 0.15 0.30 CO dailyaverage 4.00 4.00 6.00 any time 10.00 10.00 20.00 03 0.12 0.16 0.20

SurfaceWater Quuality Standard (GB-3838-88)

ory ClassII ClassII C Ia Class IV ClassV adard VaeF

Parameter -~ ______PH 6.5-8.5 6-9 DO Ž Satuation 6 5 3 2

______90% 1 0 COD s Below15 Below115 20 25 BOD5 s Below3 3 4 6 10 Lead • 0.01 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.1 Petrdeums 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.5 1.0

31 THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA NATIONAL HIGHWAY 11PROJECT XIAOTANG-GANTANGEXPRESSWAY IN GUANGDONGPROVINCE

ENVIRONMENTALASSESSMENT SUMMARY

GUANGDONGPROVINCIAL FREEWAY COMPANY GUANGDONG,CHINA

DECEMBER, 1995 Content

1 General Introduction ...... 1 1.1 Background Description of the project 1.2 Assessment Scope, Standard 1.3 Environment Protection Aim 1.4 Assessment Items 1.5 Brief Introduction of the project 1.6 Environment Impact Identification of the Project 2 Environmental Impacts and Mitigation Measures ...... 4 2.1 The Present Situation of Environment 2.2 Environmental Impact in Construction Period 2.3 Environmental Impact in Operation Period 2.4 Environmental Mitigation Measures 3 Environmental Action Plan ...... 15 3.1 Environment Management Organization and Their Reponsibility 3.2 Environmental Training 3.3 Environmental Monitoring Plan 4 Land Acquisition and Resettlement ...... 23 4.1 Land Acquisition and Demolition 4.2 Compensation 4.3 Resettlement

Annex Table: Key Elements of the WAP for Xiaotang-Gantang Expressway (National Lighways II Project) Figure Environmental Sensitive spots Map for Xiaotang-Gantang Expressway (National Highways II Project) Figure : Environmental Monitoring Map of the EAP for Xiaotang- gantang Expressway (National Highways II Project) 1 Genneral Introduction

1.1 Background Description of the project

The project of Xiaotang - Gantang expressway in Guangdong Province is one part of the Beijing- highway which is one of the national program-ed two key "crisscross" national arteries. In 1992, Guangdong Provincial Cozmunications Department (GPCD) issued No.853 (1992) Document which says that the department entrusts No.2 Highway Reconnaissance and Design Institute of Ministry of Communications (MOC) to prepare feasibility study report of the project of Guangdong section expressway of JZNAH. Meantime, in 1993, GPCD issued No.371 (1993) document which says that the department entrusts Ship and Shipping Research Institute (SSSRI) of MOC to prepare the environmental impact assessment for the Guangdong section expressway.

1.2 Assessment Scope, Standard

(1) Assessment Scope

Air .Within 200 m from roadside of the proposed line. Noise Same as above. Soil and Vegetation :Same as above. Water Quality :For ordinary water area: Same as above. For water resource: Within 1000 m from central line of the proposed highway. Landscape Within 500 m from central line of the proposed highway. Historic Relic Within 1000 m from central line of the proposed highway.

(2) Assessment Standard

Air: Adopt Class 2 of "Ambient air quality standard" (GE3095-82) For lead dust, "Sanitation Standard of Lead and its Inorganic Compound of Air in Residential Area" (GB7355-87) is adopted.

Noise: Assessment is carried out according to "Standard of Environmental Noise in Urban Area" (GB3096-93). Class nI noise standard(GB3096-93) will be applied to schools and large residential areas identified as environmentally sensitive areas, and Class IV noise standards to other residential areas. For construction period, "Standard of Noise limit in Construction Site"(GB12325-90) -is adopted.

1 Water Quality: Assessment is based on class 2 of "Environmental Quality Standard for Surface Water "(GB3838-88).

Soil: Assessment is based on the background value of soil in the area where the proposed expressway will pass through.

1.3 Environment Protection Aim

Protect the sensitive objects such as villages, schools, rivers, cultural and historical relies along the alignment. Environmental sensitive spots for Xiaotang-Gantang refer to figure

1.4 Assessment Items

The major environmental assessment items of this project are defined by scopeing process, the main research work is broken down into the following nine subjects:

1. Assessment of ecological environment and precious wild living. 2. Assessment of acoustic environmental impact. 3. Assessment of public views. 4 .Assessment of the impact of disastrous weather condition on expressway operation. 5. Assessment of atmospheric environmental impact. 6. Assessment of water environmental impact. 7. Assessment of social environmental impact. 9. Mitigation-measures for the environment protection. 9. Analysis of economic loss and benefit.

Former five of the above nine are major assessment items.

1.5 Brief Introduction of the project

GP section (Xiaotang-Gantang) of JZNAH is located at northwest of Shaoguan city, GP, 112' 55'--1130 30' to eastern longitude, 24' 25'--250 20' to northern latitude, starts from Xiaotang where Hunan province and GP meet, passes down through west Lechang mountainous area and Ruyuan county, to Gantang of southwest suburb of Shaoguan city through Qujiang county.

This highway is wholly sealed, wholly overcross, access controlled expressway which adopts two-way four-traffic-lane expressway standard. Total length of this road section- is 109.8 MI, the entire road sections

2 are divided into heavy rolling area and mountainous area and two respective standards are applied. It is 72.8 Km in mountainous &rea and 31 .0 Km in heavy rolling area. The topography through which this route passes is complicated, the project engineering is gigantic, thus, construction is difficult.

The entire road section has 6 mutual open grade separation, 2 service areas (Laopinshi of Lechang county, Dongtian of Ruyuan county ), all together seven toll stations are set up at mutual open ramp. The entire line has 3 super-large bridges, 29.5 large bridge, 9 medium and small bridges. There are 18 tunnels, 267 culverts on the whole line.

Total amount of the investment estimation of this project is 5.455 billion PRBY. The project fund is planned to be collected through several ways: World Bank loan, MOC subsidy and local fund raising.

1.6 Environment Impact Identification of the Project

The total length of GP section expressway (Xiaotang-Gantang) of JZNAH is 109.8 km, it is located in mountainous area of northern GP. There are a number of mountains, high mountain ridges, crisscross gullies and valleys in the belt area along the line. Rivers run intensely, which forms various canyons. Due to the topography, most of the highway is required to go along the mountain slope. Blasting cliffs to build highway, and huge amount of cut and filling earthworks are imperative. Rather serious ecological environment damages may occur such as water and soil loss, vegetation destruction, during the highway construction; large amount of earth works and spoil treatment are among the major characters of this project; due to the huge scale of the expressway construction, lazrge amount of land and woodland are required, which will bring about some irApacts on agriculture, wild animals and plants. The impacts of the project on the above ecological environrment are the main itms of the assessment. In addition, various machinery will be used for complicated construction during the highway construction, which will bring about environmental pollution such as flying dust, tar, smoke, piling noise, atc.

After completion of the highway, a large amount of traffic will go through the highway, which will generate traffic noise, vehicle exhaust gas and dust pollution, vehicle lead pollution on soil and vegetation along the line, water and soil loss caused by collapsing, landslides in the mountainous areas, all these are the items which need iLasessment.

Additionally, through site survey and investigation, we found that Eongyun, Daqiao and so on of Ruyuan county have harsh meteorological character such

3 as foggy weather, due to the influence of the topography, which will have dangerous impact on the operation of the expressway.

Summarizing the above, the environmental assessment item and key points listed in Section 1.4 are determined.

2 Environmental Impacts and Mitigation Measures

2.1 The Present Situation of Environment

(t) Natural Environment

The belt area where the line will pass through is basin-hill-basin alternated landform. It is a typical Red Cloud landfozm from Xiaotang to Pinshi. The line passes through middle section of Nanling mountain area from Pinshi to Ruyuan county. From Ruyuan to terminal Shaoguan (Gantang), the line enters Qujiang basin terrain, which has undulating hills.

The rivers in the area by wh_ch the line passes are mainly Wujiang branch and Nanshui branch of Beijiang water system. The rivers along the line are not open to navigation. Due to the large slope drop of the river along the line, water resources is abundant, they are mainly used for hydraulic electrogenerating.

The climate along the line belongs to subtropical monsoon climate zone, the climate character is: the air temperature is quite high throughout the year, rainfall is abundant, it is cloudy and drizzly in spring, hot and rainy in summer, dry and cool in autumn, rainfall is scarce in winter, there are short-term of intense cold and frost, iour seasons are distinct, no frost period is long, plant grows in flourishing way.

Average air temperature along the line is 19.8°C around the year. Annual average rainfall along the line is 1560--1800 mm over the years.

Yearly dominant wind direction is N wind in Lechang county, average wind velocity Ss 2.3 m/s, yearly dominant wind direction is WSW wind in Ruyuan county, yearly average wind velocity is 2.1 mr/s.

D type stability shares the highest frequency in the whole year's air stability frequency distribution along the line, covers 61.19.

There is also special mountainous climate along the line. Main characters are: many foggy days, etc.. Vile foggy weather is a serious threat against the security of expressway operation.

41 (2) Social Environment

The proposed highway is in the north of OP. Seriously restricted by local geographical environment and infra-structurs, the economic and living condition of this area is at a rather low level. Ruyuan county is one of the poorest area in Guangdong Province. Technical grade of the original highway transport system in this area is low. However, it has rich resources of forestry, mineral, electricity and tourism. It is the important production base of raw mat-rial, fuel and energy in GP.

(3) Eco-environment

Plant and aniaal resource along the alignment are abundant, there is South China Tigers, leopard, etc. But, now they are basically extinct because of other highway operation and economic activities.

Forestry and agriculture are major activities of agriculture eco- environment. The lead content in soil is lower than evaluation standard. As the area is mainly mountainous and rainy, water and soil loss occurs heavily, especially in karst area.

(4) Existing Acoustic Environment

The existing acoustic environment is good along the proposed line. Assessment result of noise all meet the standard during the day, Only the night noise value at a few monitoring points near the road exesed the stipulated standard limits. The noise criteria are as follows: Class 2 standard daytime 60 dBtA), nightime 50 dB(A) Class 4 standard daytime 70 dB(A), nightime * dB(A)

(5) Existing Air Quality Air quality along the proposed highway is gooO. The background concentrations of NOx, CO, Pb dust are good, TA&y -are lower than assessment standards. The background concenttratij-i of T.S.P. are a little bit higher than the standards, about 20% of daily average data exceed the standards. Various pollutants standard value are as follows: NOx: daily average 0.10 mg/m3 any time 0.15 Mg/=3 CO: daily average 4.00 mg/n 3 any time 10.00 mg/On TSP: daily average 0.30 mg/m3 any time 1.00 mg/rn3 Pb: daily average 0.0015 mg/m:3

(6) Water Environment The existing water quality of pH, Pb, 0OD& and Dissolved Oxygen meets national surface water class 1 standards. Oil and SS exc--d standards. SS meots water class 3 standards, while oil is ranging from 1-3 standards.

2.2 Environmental Impact in Construction Period

(1) Impact on Eco-envirorment

a. It is known from Impact Analysis of the project on wild animal that the rare wild animals such as Southern China Tiger, have been mainly killed by human beings, not by environmental destruction of their habitats. There are no more such rere animals along the alignment.

b. According to analysis of waste soil impact, excavation amount ib much more than filling amount. we should take necessary measures to deal with large smount of waste soil and tunnel waste, which will destroy vegetation, influence relic and cause water and soil loss.

C. Highway construction will cause certain water and soil loss. After necessary measures are taken, water and soil loss can be decreased to minimum. Therefore, highway construction must take measures to prevent water and soil loss.

(2) Impact on Acoustic Environment

In construction period, various kinds of mechanical equipment will generate loud noise, at 15 meters away, the noise is as high as 75--105 dB(A). Noise influences will be serious on surrounding environment. We should take necessary measures.

(3) Impact on Air Environment

The rain air pollution of highway construction is short time dust pollution. Dust pollution is from flying dust of earth mixing and vehicle transport. Should ash earth be mixed in a factory, the dust pollution at the construction sites can be decreased to minimum.

(4) Impact on Water Environment

The highway and bridge construction gives temporary and slight influence on rivers and a reservoir along the alignment.

(5) Impact on Cultural relics

6 Based on the results of cultural relics survey along XGZ, there are two tombs and four archaeologically sensitive sites. Necessary protection measures must be taken during construction period.

2.3 Environmental Impact in Operation Period

(1) Eco-environment

Highway construction gives little influence on agriculture and forestry. Furthermore, highway construction is helpful to form new agricultural structure and enable the forestry give further play.

The Pb in the exhaust gas of vehicles will not have serious influence on crops and soil.

(2). Acoustic Environment

After the highway is put into operation, traffic noise will greatly affect sensitive points. It is 66.7% exceed standard in short term and 75% exceed standard in medium term, 83.3% exceed standard in long term.

Among the villages along the alignment, 23.9% exceed standard in short term, while 40.0% and 52.2% in medium and long term respectively. Therefore, the problem of noise exceeding standard is serious. We must take necessary protection measures against noise.

The traffic noise of interconnecting roads has little effects to the surroundings.

(3) Disastrous Weather

The disastrous weather in this section (particularly from Daqiao to Hongyun) mainly refers to fog, heavy rain, ice and snow, which are serious threats to the operation of the highway. The administration authorities of highway should pay attention to it and equip the monitoring system.

(4) Air Environment Impact

After the highway is put into operation, exhaust gas of vehicles gives small influence to air environment and air quality basically meet the standard 2 in short and medium term. But NOx exceeds the standard seriously in long term, it will influence greatly on air quality.

(5) Water Environment Impact

7 After the highway is put into operation, runoff flow on pavement gives little influence on surface water quality. Water quality will maintain existing level.

(6) Social Environmental Impact

The proposed highway will promote economic radiation from near-sea zone to the inland regions, accelerate economic development in northern GP, improve living quality of residents in mountainous region. Meanwhile, the rich forest resources, mineral resource, electricity resources and tourism resources will be fully used to accelerate overall development of GP.

2.4 Environmental Mitigation Measures

2.4.1 Environmental Protection Consideration during the design stage and in the engineering design.

(1) Hignway design consistent with city plan, avoid relic sites historic interest.

(2) Rationally arrange the excavating and discharged earth, land leveling of excavation and filling at site should be fully considered, reduceing discharged earth.

(3) Rationally design cossing passway of the road, goth convenience of transport and saving of money should be considered.

(4) Shaoguan area is rich in heavy rain, so it belongs to areas liable to water logging. Integrated drainage system of pavement should be designed.

(5) To minimize the damage of accidental spill of hazardous materials on the important water sources, crash barriers will be strengthened in the sensitive sites and drainage systems will be reinforced 'to lead drainage water to less sensitive areas, or construct drainage water storage pits with equipment to stop water flow at an emergency situation.

(6) In view of the huge quantity of excavation works, spoil disposal sites will be carefully selected in consultation with local environmental protection bureaus(EPBs) to minimize the possible environmental impacts.

(7) Noise barriers and other noise protection measures identified in the EAP will be incorporated into the final engineering design and the bid documents in due course.

8 2.4.2 Environment Protection measures in Construction Period

(1) Countermeasure against Vegetation Destruction a. Except for inevitable loss (for instance, construction land occupation) the scope of vegetation destruction caused by construction should be strictly controlled. Any other type of manual destruction such as lumbering for fuel, should be forbidden. b. When the construction is completed, all kinds of fast-grow grass should be promptly planted so as to accomplish grass-covering in area of water soil piles, mountains excavated and edge-slope. To facilitate vegetation recovery and formation of multiple-layer vegetation, grass is first planted, then trees.

(2) Measures Against Water and Soil Loss a. The exposure surface of hill and gully in construction should be reinforced in time. When earth and stone project of roadbed is completed, slope-protection work should be promptly done with fast- grow grass or trans-planting grass cover. This is an effective way to prevent water and soil loss and to recover vegetation. b. Considering that this area is a mountainous area, edge-slopes of the highway should be protected with slurry-lining. Slurry-lining protection should be completed best before local rainy season. This work and highway construction can be done at the same time. When mountain cut-down area is large and high, load-reducing work should be considered. For instance, to set up a terrace on a slope and afforest the areas so as to protect slope from water and soil loss.

(3) Disposal of Discharged Earth and Tunnel Discharged Residue

Spoil disposal sites will be carefully selected in consultation with local environmental protection bureaus (EPBs). The places for piling up should choose wasteland as first priority, compress waste earth in time, and plant grass, bush or tree on it to protect from water and soil loss and also to beautify the environment. Besides, we can also level the waste earth and use it as arable land. The total quantity of earth needed to take is small, the waste slope and piled earth should be considered first as the places where earth is taken from. After the earth is taken, these places should be planted soon.

9 There are many tunnels in this project, and a lot of tunnel residue will be produced, so the explosion mode should be adopted according to design so that the maximum diameter of stone is limited, then the stone can be used for filling. In this way, the quantity of stone for disposal is reduced, the volume of waste stone is small ---- easy for transport and piling. The places for piling up wastes should be wasteland with less plants on them, which should be surrounded by short walls to prevent water and soil loss.

(4) Rare Wild Animals Protection Measures

It is known from Impact Analysis of the Project on Wild Animals, that the rare wild animals, such as Southern China Tiger, are mainly killed by human beings, not by environmental destruction of their habitats. Therefore, during construction, the administration department of the proposed highway should strengthen propaganda and education on wild animal protection policy to the constructors, all constructors are strictly forbidden to kill rare wild animals. After being put into operation, on either side of the highway in mountainous area, distinct boards 'No Killing Wild Animal' may be erected so as to strengthen people's consciousness of protection wild animals and to follow relevant state laws.

(5) Noise Protection Measures During Construction Period a. The noise measurement of mechanical equipment to be used in construction should be made -n advance. Those equipment which exceed National Standard should not be put into use during construction. During construction period, the maintenance of the equipment should often be made to avoid noise enhancement due to poor performance of the equipment. b. The boundary of construction site should be defined according to "Limited Noise Value Standard of Construction Site" (GB12523-90). So the construction site should be rationally arranged, and there should not be residential area within it. c. Various kinds of mechanical equipment used in highway construction will produce considerably loud noise, especially the pile-driven machine, its noise strength may be as high as 100 dBA. Therefore, in resident-concentrated area such as Laopinshi town, Daqiao town and Ruyuan town, the time of construction should be arranged in the daylight, and night construction is strictly forbidden.

(6) Protection Measures Against Air Pollution During Construction

10 a. The construction sites, especially stone and sand pits, should be sprinkled with water to decrease dust quantity. The sand pit is far from the construction site, the average transport distance is 21.31 km. Subsidiary roads which are used for transportation of construction materials should avoid big residential area, and should be sprinkled with water. The vehicles loading sand and stone should be covered with tarpaulins and should be driven at medium or low speed. The loading quantity should be restricted so that the sand or stone will not be spilled. b. Lime, cement, sand and stone should be mixed in a station which should be carefully selected so that it is far from residential area and sensitive points (at least farther than 250 a). Besides, dust removers should be provided in the station. c. Although the quantity of tar needed for this section is small, its decoction should be done in a sealed factory equipped with dust removers.

(7) Protection Measures of Water Environment

a. The construction materials (such as tar, oil and chemicals) should not be piled up near rivers. They should be carefully piled up and far from rivers, so as to be prevented from leaking into rivers by heavy rain. b. Living wastewater of construction staff should be treated by a septic tank and direct disposal into the river should be strictly forbidden. Garbage should be piled up in a temporary place, and should be emptied regularly and moved to the garbage station of nearby town. There can not be thrown into the rive and influence water quality.

c. During the construction of bridges, the slurry should be taken up to the ground or shipped to designated places for disposal, it can not be thrown into the river to spoil water or to block the river.

d. The management system should be strictly followed, the construction machinery should be maintained regularly so that there will be no oil leakage to pollute the river.

(8) Preservation of Cultural and Historical Relic

11 a. At K91+700-800, the tomb of the Nan Dynasty sast to the Jingtou'Village of Ruyuan County and at 1105+550 - 650, the tomb of the behind the Longgui Middle School of Qujiang County, should be engaged in archaeological studies and excavated in accordance with the Cultural Protection Law of PRC. The costs of excavation are estimated to be about 500,000 MBY.

b. At 1107+800, the cross road of the expressway and National Artery Highway No.323, only a hundred of meters from the expressway to the tomb of Minister Yujing of the Nan Song Dynasty, so during the period of construction there, attention must be paid to the excavation and hilling of earth and stacking of materials. The construction makeshift road is to be far away from the tomb in order to protect it.

c. An authorized archaeological expert will join the environmental supervision at archaeologically sensitive sites. (x4+750- 850, 190+350 - 450, K105-X105+250. R107+800)

d. If some relics are found at the above archaeologically sensitive sites, please tell the local cultural department, or the Guangdong Cultural Relics Archaeology Research Institute.

Besides, during the construction period, when fossils, coins, valuable articles or historical relics , architectural structure and other articles of historic interest are found, it should be reported to relevant government department so that these goods will not be moved or destroyed.

2.4.3 Environmental Protection Measures during Operation Period

(1) Greenization Along the Highway

During operation period, bush and grass should be planted in the central separation belt of the highway so as to prevent dust, to decrease noise and to beautify environment. Except for tunnels, the length of the highw&y which needs greenization is about 90 km, and the total investment is estimated as 3.6 million RB. The greenization along the side slopes has already been taken into account in the project and has been included in the budget of project, so it is not to be repeated here.

(2) Protection Measures Against Noises Noise mitigation measures in sensitive points along the alignment can be seen in table 2-4-1 to table 2-4-4. The total investment of 1,160,000 RMM, including 800,000 JRM for 2 noise barriers, 360,000 RIB for 9 brick walls.

12 Table 2-4-1 Sensitive points exceeding the standard more than 5 dBDA) in 2005

No. stake Sensitive Standard Exceed the standard Sound mitigation measure No. point 2005 2010 2020 1 K11+000 Zhanqjiawan of 7 a 10 Brlek wall Lechang 2 K25+700 Shiduriia of 11 14 16 Sound barrier, length 200m Lechang Class 3 K85+200 Cheng2in Village 6 7 9 Brick wall of Ruyuan two 4 K90+500 Xinmin Primary 5 6 8 Brick wall School of Ruyuan 5 X105+900 Longgui Middle 10 11 13 Sound barrier, length 200m School of Ruyuan

6 K24+300 Tianliaoxia B.8 10.3 12.0 Partially demolished,houses of first row used as warehouses. If the noise level can not meet the Class standard, the brick wall or sound barrier could be used* 7 X25+000 Woli four 6.6 8.0 9.8 Brick wal1

8 K27+700 Jitou 12.7 14.2 15.9 Same as 6 *

9 K28+500 Wangjiajing 6.9 8.3 10.1 Same as 6 *

10 R41+200 Xiagui 12.7 14.2 15.9 Same as 6 *

11 R(47+350 Xiazhang 8. 10.4 12 1 Same as 6 *

Remark: The sites of the demolished hLouses and the sites of first row houses refer to anex figure.

Table 2-4-2 Sensitive points exceeding the standard more than 5 dB (A) In 2010

No. Stake Sensitive Standard Exceed the standard Sound mitigation measure No. point 2005 2010 2020 1 X0+200 Aobeidong Class four 4.3 5.S 7.5 Brick wall 2 R45+900 Zhongzhang Class four 4.3 5.8 7.5 Brick wall 3 X102+350 Xinruwu Class four 4.3 5.8 7.5 Brick wall

13 Table 2-4-3 Senslttive poalnt exceadlng h standad more than S dS (A) Ln 2020 o. Stake Sensitive Standard Xzceed the standard Sound mitigation a. point 2005 2010 2020 measure 1 X85+250 XLnzu Primary Class two 3.0 4.0 6.0 5riik wall School of Enyuan 2 X95+660 Qlaoajig PrS.azy Class two 1.0 3.0 5.0 Brick wall school of Ruyua

Table 2-4-4 Sensitive points zceseding the standard less than 5 dB(A) in 2020

No. Stake Sensitive point Standard Eveed the standard Mitigation No. 2005 2010 2020 masures

1 X1l+000 xiaojiawan of Lechang -- 1 3 Noise

2 X28+000 Jitou Prismry School of Class 3 1 -- monitolng will

3 K29+350 Lechang two -- -- 1 be continued 4 X45+250 Dafu Primary School of Lechaxig -- __ 1 and If the I Xeshuxia of Hon.az noise levels

5 X2+750 Yanjiax±nwu -_ 0.8 2.4 ezceed the

6 X5+400 Jiangjiaba, -- 0.2 standards

7 R7+550 Wallaor.La __ -- 1.6 significuntly B X9+400 Xiaoshuikeng __ 0.2 1.9 appropriate

9 X25+200 Cheyinuia __ -- 1.6 mitigation 10 X26+500 Caojiapin Class __ __ 0.7 measures will 11 X26+900 Qiaotou __ O.3 2.2 be taken 12 139+450 Gaojia four __ 0.7 2.4 13 X57+400 ShangmexzJi 1.3 2.9 4.6

14 X59+780 Huangjia -- -- 1.4

15 X59+800 Zouwu -- -- 1.4 16 X60+450 sigang 1.1 2.6 4.4

17 X69+400 Daliaozia -- -- 1.8 18 X90+800 Jiangtoudengwu __ 0.1 1.8 19 X98+850 Xinchaisan __ 1.0 2.8

(3) Protection Measures Against Air Pollution

Forest belts will be constructed for those si:tes where significantly high NON concentrations are predicted, such as Longgui Middle School of Shaoguan. For Longgui Middle School, on the basis of sound-proof wall, a forest belt which is 200 a long and 20 a wide should be set up, which will need an investment of 0.2 million yuan.

14 (4) Protection Measure of Water Environment During Operation Period

In this section we have 2 service areas, they are in Laopingshi, Ruyuan Dongtian. All these 2 service areas are close to town, we suggest their wastewater pipe connected to local wastewater network.

(5) Countermeasures to the Influence of Disastrous Weather on the Operation of the Highway

a. The administration authorities of highway should set up weather forecast system and provide accurate and timely service for the safe operation of the highway.

b. The monitoring system should be equipped so that the vehicles and dynamic conditions can be monitored.

c. Due to the fact that there are often heavy fog in the section from Daqiao to Hongyun, the detection system of ground visibility should be equipped, which makes use of mechanical visual sense of closed circuit television, followed by picturization processed by computers, finally detects the visibility. Then, according to different levels of detected visibility, we can decide the allowable speed of vehicles.

d. In case of extra heavy fog, heavy rain or serious icing of the pavement, the administration authorities should restrict the speed of vehicles or ever close the expressway to guarantee the safety and avoid traffic accident.

(6) Emergency Plan for the Leakage of Dangerous Chemicals in Traffic Accidents

Emergency team should be founded by administration authority of highway environmental protection. This special team reinforce traffic management of vehicles transport toxic and harmful chemicals, prevent leakage of dajgerous chemical. Once the accidents take place, the team should be in charge of managing -staff, vehicle, equipment and medicine, promptly make emergency measure, to control the accident scope to the least extent.

3 Environmental Action Plan

3.1 Environment Management Organization and Their Reponsibility

15 Related organization of EP of this project can be divided as: management organization; supervision organization; implementing organization.

(1) Management organization

WBFO of GPCD will be responsible for organizing project feasibility study and project enviroment impact evaluation; making EAP; coordinating environmental management (EM) among responsible departments and construction units; directing construction units to carry out EM measures; periodically reporting project EM to Guangdong Environmental Protection Bureau (GEPB) and the WB.

(2) Supervision Organization

Classified Management system was taken to meet the need of our county's EM, ie. state, MOC, province, city and county have their own environment organizations in charge of daily EM in the administrative districts.

(3) Implementing Organization

Guangdong Provincial Freeway Company (GPFC) , which is the construction nit of this project, will be reponsible for carrying out EPA and supervising it.

a. One senior level manager in GPFC will have clear assignment to be in charge of environmental protection of expressways. The Environmental Protection Division (EPD), currently staffed with six staffs, will manage and promote environmental protection of expressways including Xiaotang- Gantang Expressway.

b. One or two well trained full-time environmental staff will be assigened to the XGE Preparation office.

c. Three environmental offices will be set up separately at Lechang, Ruyuan and Qujiang.

d. One or two part - time environmental supervisors will be assigned separately to each contract section for XGE to carry out environmental supervision and noise and dust monitoring during the construction.

e. The Environment Monitoring station (EMS) under the EPD of GPFC will carry out all the environmental monitoring works regarding XGE except noise and dust monitoring during the construction stage.

16 f. XGE Freeway Company will operate, maintain and manage XGE. A environmental branch office with one or two environmental staffs will be set up under the XCE Freeway Company. g. In the each pesition of service regions for pinshi and Dongtian and Daqiao parking one part - time environmental supervisor will be assigned to carry out noise and dust monitoring during the operation stage.

Operation chart of EP related organizations of Xiaotang to Gantang expressway project are shown in figure 3-1-1 and 3-1-2.

3.2 Environmental Training

(1) Five senior environmental staffs from GPFC will be despatched abroad to attend a seminar of highway project environmental management fox two weeks, and to investigate the freeway environmental management in other countries.

(2) Six environmental staffs form Environmental Protection Department and XGE Preparation Department will be despatched abroad to undergo an environmental protection training for two months. Among them two ro three staffs will undergo an advanced training in environmental protection fort two months. When they return home, a course of lectures for two weeks will be hold to teach their capability and knowledge got aborad.

(3) A one month training course in the environmental supervision and monitoring, especially in the noise and dust, will be hold in for the supervisors (about 20persons will attend it).

(4) A one moth training course will be hold in Guangzhou for about ten environmental supervisors, and five supervisors will be trained further at home for two months.

3.3 Environmental Monitoring Plan.

(1) Monitoring Organization

During the contruction and operation period of the Expresway, EMS of GPFC will be reponsible for the whole line monitoring (noise and dust monitoring would be carried out by environmental supervisors of each contract sections for XGE during the construction stage and by enviromental supervisors of Pinshi service region, Dongtian service region, Daqiao parking during the operation stage), which include

17 EnvironmentalProtection officeof GPFC(6)

EnvironmentalProtection Section of XGE PrepartionOffice (1-2)

1-2 Part-timeEnvironmental 1-2 Part-timeEnvironmental 1-2 Part-timeEnvironmental Supervisorsof Supervisorsof Supervisorsof 1st ContractSection 2nd ContractSection 12th ContractSection

Figure 3-1-1 EnvironmentalManagement of Jing-Zhu NationalArtery Highway:GuangdongSection (Xiaoteng-Gantang)In the ConstructionPeriod

18 |Environental Protection office of GPFC(6)

|EnvironmentalProtection Section of XGE PrepartionOffice (1-2)

1 Part-timeEnvironmental at tim Envr talF1 1 Part-timeEnvirorwmental Supervisorsof Supervisorsof Supervisorsof PinshiService Region DongtianService Region DaqiaoParking

FIgure 3-1-2 EnvironmentalManagement of JIng-Zhu NationalArtery Hlighway:GuangdongSection (Xiaotang-Gantang) In the OperationPeriod

19 personnel training and emergent monitoring of unforeseen pollution events. Monitoring equipment and cost are placed in this item.

(2) Implamentation of Normal Monitoring

The key points of monitoring are air, water quality, noise. Monitoring methods are fixed-place method, moving-place method, fixed time method and combined with unfixed time method.

Air Monitoring

a. Monitoring item: NOx, CO, TSP, Dust, THC.

b. Monitoring time and frequency

construction period: once a week for dust, others are 6 terms a year, 3 days a term, 4 times a day operation period: monitoring will not be taken for dust, others are 4 terms a year, 5 days a term, 5 times a day

c- Monitoring point

construction period: Zhangjiawan(111+000), Xiaojiawan(Rll+100), Shidunxia of Lechang (R25+700), Reshuxia of Hongyun (K45+250), Daqiao town of Ruyuan ({S0+650), Minzu Primary School of Ruyuan (K85+250), Chengxin village of Ruyuan (C85+200), Longgui Middle School of Shaoguan (1105+900), Gantang (X109+000) , Daqiao Town Quarryand and a rebuild temporary road of 2.0km (53+000), temporary construction project of Dongtian Flyover roadbed(KP75+300), borrow pit at Yumin Village(klOl+550). operation period: Zhangjiawan (111+000), Reshuxia of Rongyun (K45+250), Minzu Primary School of Ruyuan (185+250), Longgui Middle School (R05+900)

d. Monitoring Technical Criteria

According to the present Air Monitoring Standard Methods issued by NEPA.

Surface Water Monitoring

a. Monitoring items: pH, BODs, Dissolved Oxygen, SS, Temperature, Petrol kind.

20 b. Monitoring time and frequency

construction period: 3 terms a year (half, low,and normal water level), two continuous days a term.

operation period: 3 terms a year (half, low,and normal water level), two continuous days a term.

c. Monitoring Cross-sections

Wujiang Laopinshi Cross-section (K11+546), Yangxi River Daqiao Cross- section (R51+800), Nanshui Reservoir (KBO+800).

d. Monitoring Technical Criteria

According to the present Water Quality Monitoring Standard Methods issued by NEPA.

Noise Monitoring

a. Monitoring Time and Frequency

construction period: once a week, 1 days a term, twice a day (including one Sunday)

operation period: 4 terms a year, 3 days a term, twice a day (including one Sunday), adding Monitoring point in Minzu Primary School of Ruyuan county for 24 hours continuous automatic monitoring.

b. Monitoring Point

Zhangjiawan(Xll4000), Xiaojia.wan(Kll+100) Shidunxia of Lechang (K25+700), Keshuxia of Hongyun (K45+250), Daqiao town of Ruyuan (K50+650), Minzu Primary School of Ruyuan (R8S+250), Chengzin viLlage of Ruyuan (K85S200), Longgui Middle School of Shaoguan (R105+900), Gantang (K109+000) (except operation stage), Daqiao Town Quarryand and a rebuild temporary road of 1. Okm (X53+000) (except operation stage), temporary construction project of Dongtian Flyover roadbed(KP75+300) (except operation stage), borrow pit at Yumin Village (kll+55O) (except operation stage)

21 - c. Monitoring Technical Crieria

According to the present Noise Monitoring Standard Methods issued by NEPA.

Monitoring of Lead Content of Soil and Crops a. Monitoring items: soil, rice (lever part) b. Monitoring time and frequency

construction period: not arranged yet

operation period: once or twice a year

C. Monitoring point

operation period: Zhangjiawan of Lechang (Kll+000) ,Sampling at 30m, lOm and 200m from both road sides. In each site. Sampling form surface, 15Sm and 30m depth under ground.

d. Monitoring Technical Criteria

According to the present Monitorig Technical Standard Methods issued by NEPA.

(3) Procurement of Environmental Equipment

The 15 sets of domestic sound-level meter will be procured under the N32 Project. The price of one set is 5000 RM. The total is 75,000 FM. No other environmental equipment will be procured under the NH2 Project.

15 sets of portalbe sound level photometer will be bought for monitoring.

The price of one set is 5000 M- . The total is 65000 MM.

3.4 Cost Estimation of Environment Protection Facilities

Investment estimation of environment protection facilties refers to table 3-4-1

22 Table 3-4-2 Estimation of Environment Protection Investment on GP Section of JZNAH (Xiaotang-Gantang) Item eanse(10,000yuan) Gr.en.inq cost for 360 environment protection Sound barrier so Brick wal 36 Forest belt for air 20 Watering truck 40 Software 55 Costs for excavation of so cultural relics Environmental training 80 Procument of environmental 7.5 equipment Total 728.5 Cost of no-mal monitorLng 419,000 RBMV/Year in construction period cost of normal monitoring 111,800 MsBY/Year in operation period

Cost of emergent monitoring 5

4 Land Acquisition and Resettlement

4.1 Land Acquisition and Demolition

The Project occupies land permanently of 10,874.36 Mu, in which paddy field is 3000.01 Mu, dry field 2038.89 Mu, vegetable field 51.18 Mu, fish pond 192.05 Mu, forest land 4189.21 Mu, orchard 287.1 Mu bamboo plantation 1.30 Mu, homestead 25.45 Mu, waste land 923.69 Mu, other land 62.01 Mu, land for reconstruction 103.47 Mu. Temporary land occupation is 1286.1 Mu, in which paddy field 309.5 Mu, dry land and other types of land totaling 976.6 Mu.

The attachment to be demolished in the project sums up to 29335.51 m 2, in which 20506.39 m2 of houses, 8629.12 m 2 of threshing ground and enclosing wall, etc. In addition, houses of 2160.3 m2 will be demolished for the purpose of noise mitigation measures.

The project will impact on 2866 household, among which 2789 households will be affected by land acquisition, among which 2789 households will be affected by land acquisition, 427 households by demolition, in which 281 23 households will los1 their living houses and 204 households will loss both their living houses and farmland. A total of 14 enterprises and institutions will be demolished and 354 staff will be affected along the whole route.

4.2 Compensation

The compensation of the project totals 148.305 million yuan, in which 103.643 million yuan is for permanent land acquisition, 4.199 million yuan for demolition, 5.083 million yuan for temporary land, 7.257 million yuan for attachment, .5S0million yuan for enterprises and institutions, 3.7705 million yuan for administrative fee and 18M8525 million yuan for reserve fund.

4.3 Resettlement

Sampling survey of PAPs shows that 1000 of them require economic compensation, 97% want to be settled down nearby and only 3% demand to change their professions.

Based on the requirements of the masses and the relevant policies of China, the resettlement should be tackled through adjusting land, improving the original farmland, rearranging land for reconstruction by relevant department of government and taking advantage of the compensation for land acquisition and resettlement to develop agriculture, industry, sideline and tertiary industry in order to help the PAPs settle down.

24 *a3l IKev Elementsof ihe EAP for Xinota.ig-GnntangExpresswvay (Nlional I lighways2 Project)

I.nviroaaaaeaitul AcUlonI akeisIIo lie lTken Rusfonsihililv Remarni Issues

A. Desienll hase

1. Ronle Seleciion Thealignment was selected from Ihreealeniatives with duetconsideration to miinmrzeland acqubitlon, GPCD/CI'FC inipactsof sir pollutionand noise on residential.areas,and to avoidunfavorable geological conditions drinkingwater sources and cultural/archaeological sites

2. TraMcInierference 76 passagewayswvere designed to meetthe requirenientsfor crossingor localpeople, animals and GPCII/GPFC vehicles.

3. SoilErosion Plantingot treesand grass on median divider, sideslopes, anid along the roadside, was Included In GPCI)/GPFC thedesign where appropriate. Slope proleclion, such as relainting walls, were incorporaled in the design.

Temporaryand permanent drainage systemiis were desigined to minimizesoil erosiont and alteration GPCI(;PFC of hydrologicalregimes, licluding imp)actson irrigatiollchannels.

4. Earilnworks In viewof huge quantities of earthworks,(Iise conisidieration was given to propertyallocate roadbed earihworks.Qniunies and borrow sites were selected, taking into accountthe dusst and other problems at environmentallysensitive loations such as residenlial areas

5. WaterPoilution Wiste wvacrtreatment facUilies were designedl for serviceareas. drain sewage wil bechanneled into GPCDIGPFC localsewage drainage systems

6. Noise Adequatemeasures such as noise barriers, brick walls were identified and integrated in thedesign and GPCD/GPFC biddocumenis Transition slabs were designed at ite headof bridgesto reducenoise and vibration causedby jumping ofvehicles at tlhehead of bridges.

7. Flooding All bridgesmnid culverts were adequiately sizedl to meetrequiremenits for saredischarge oa design nlood GPCI)I(;1'1( (300years for supler-largebridges, I U yeasnror ullier bridgesaind culverts).

I. f nvironin,etal Action 1 altenil o lie Takeq ResnxmosisiliUvlleinarks Isstues

8. CtlikuralRelics Cultural relicssurvey was carried outl. Basedon tlic survey resulis, an archlneologicalcxcavation plan GPCINIGPFC,GPICRA w*s5develope,d for twosites wvill aiscicut t lmbs.

9. Afforesiatdon Allorestallosnpllau was developedto redilicenir -pollution problemitsatnd ena.Ilsaee becer lanidscape. GPCIVIGI'FC A frctst heltvwills 200mu lenglti uuidl211 in widiiln ill lie coisi'rucledala lgouggl1iMliddle Schlool to mininhniLenii- l,UllitiuIIprolilemis elc.

10. AccidentalSpill or To minimizethe damageof accidentaIspill orflazardousmaterials on theimportant water sources, GPCDIGPFC liazardoais INlaterials crash barrierswill be strengthenedin suiclisensitive siles, and drainagesystemils wvill be reinforcedto lead drainagewaler to lesssensitive areas or to consirtc drainagewater storagepits with equipment to sebtpwater flow at an emergenicysituation. n. Conlstr¢ctio Plrns.

1. Dust/Air Polltllon All reasonablesteps, includinig watering, wvill be takemsto minimizedust pollution during Contractors construicion,particulariy l iiplacesnear towns.

Stoclipilesanid storage areas will be far awayrromt residetlintl areas on thlelee sideof the wind direction. Slockpilesand storagenrens vill be coveredor wateredto preventdust plIlullon. 'rrncus lo tranisportconislruictlu niil(erisis will lie covvreudby canvansto mimuiniiize siills.

Asphalt mixinigsites will be locatedal least500 to froni residenitialareas on ilte lee sideor iie wind direction.

Constructionmachiniery will be equippedwithl aldeqate dutistcollectors.

2. Soil Erosion/WtAner Treessand grasses waill be planted on sidleslope, anid alonig htie ronacside, wilere appropriate. Conmractors Pollulion Alipropriate measures,eilter rehabilitationor icco isirticloin, will be takeus,irthie existing irrigation or drninagesystenms are daninged.

All necessarymeasures will be takenito preventeanril & sionesfrono siltillg til) riven, wnter cianniels,or existingirrigalloii and draimingesystemils. Constriction campswill be locatedrar awayfrom Yangheand Qinglongliniirivers, whichare usedror dimiiliug water sources. 2 Reniarks Egivisoisnicitital Action Takenl'to lie Tntkeii Rcsnonsiluitl Issules 1c.illolul, cliniusclor cuitniii vill hechiistiauctLed fot- ijurigutlion nddulr iinge, during the coaasitruacioiu of perauinanen,l drniujige systellls.

All reasonablenieasuirers will be laken to lpreventdirect dischargeof polilted water From constrtictioniactivities into rivers and irrigalion chnnnels.

3. Nukii' Noisvcuuusitruucliouu wDrMlL will nu(itlie uutiri lthen 11iiuriluiMte itiglit liltie (2l:1111- 6:00). Co(ti-aclurs Ir costructlionactivilies atre uundertanck at iuiglit timiie, a vritteii nlliroval of ilte local goveinment nnud tlie envilrotnienitalpirotectioni blurenu iteeds to be obinined.

Maintenanceormachines anid hauliuig trncks will be strengthe.ned.Effective numMers will be equipped. Noi5e proorfmeasuiressuchl as noi5ebarr iers and brick walls at sluitable placeswill beconsidered.

4. I'rotection or land Forestsivill not be tseuiror miaterialhorrow siltes. Conlrarlors Resonarces Araile lnndwill beavoided as mtnerial borrow sites wherever possible. If excavationhAs to bedone in arableland, top soil layer will lie stavedamid retursied after conisrtrction workIs coplileted, so as to nuiiiiaizzelinpaucis on ecosyslenm amid agricuiltire.

Educationot constructionworkers will bestrengthened to protectnattiral resources, wild plants andaninials. Pooachingwil be strictlyprohibited. Spoildisposal will becarricd out lisat nA mnuler notl to cnuis danilge to Fiarnilandand other raciliies' anidnot to blockriver water flow. Spoildisposal sites will becarefully selected in consulntaionwith localeuuvironumental prolecilon burcaus.

5. CulitiualItelics Excavationwill bestopped imnmedintelv if aiy culitral relicsare fotimid, aid tile locIl culturalaithority CoIItractors/ will beiiirormed of stucldiscovery. ExcValtioII will 10otbe resuInied untli IdentfircationOrculIural GIPICRA relicsby theaiuthorized lisilitition is completedaind tiecessariy preservationi measiures idenlilled. An arclieologicialexpert will joiniemivir uiil eiituusuilervisioiin t tlhearchincologiciuhly sensitive areas during theconstruction activilies.

6. ConsiruiclionCAmps Seplictanks and sewage trenimetut fncililies will beinstalled at Ite consitrctioncanip sites as Coutracturs approlpriate.Sludge in sewagetreatnitplilsit vill bedisiposed of regulariy. D)riuuking water will meet theWIIO Idrinidiuigwater stnedlards. 3 PlallicuiInr atteiutioau will belpitid Osnailiury colntiolnils orcoiuiriictilot cantutilasslle Garba]gewill becollected lit grnu grvnil nl11fixed locationusnalli disposed of regaloarly.

7. 'Uirnnispuralonl hatling tOniIeOrcoIIstIrCtiioII mateimnls %illv;I) sclectedin n cnrerfilIinnilr I1 nitiiiiiiuiilze Imieiferetice CoIInIrurs tSlailaigelielil witli eXIsIaligcoiiiiiin,icniloiai raCIIltiCS, niiil dlttsuIaid ialIti.

Adleap1inltnciIos to directIrialic wVillbhe Inkhel In coIISIIIIalloioivillI co-autnaicnilonsmiud lIUblic secrIIIilydepartmenlts, to preveni Or no uiziill§e IrfnllC Jniis dUril1g(he conIs(rtuc((onIperiod.

Whereprnoiosedl roatOds cross (lie eXiSiuIIgrOndls, temuporary se-vice rondsll II beconihiiticted as appraorlinte.

PimiatfriO tinumpurinatio orcoinsinctio,u mg,aterinalswill be dIevelopiedto avo(i iGrniuolaoilactIvItIes dUring IlOIIe5orlucuk imuilhiC eslpec;iIlly fUr exisliig roadls.

8. C.usiiiiUcticloISnrely lit Oiderto glanialiteconIstriulction sarety, etlcicult ligliuduug equipment ailnlid sarfly sligns CoIItractoIs will lie liks1tallCdIo1 leon lnorary rondts sIUrilag llte cosius ,tciloau, nmid adeqatile IroNillc reguilitl{otIsu 1Ibe adoipIed na11l Implemnented rUrlemapo)ornay ronls. 0 I~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ D)uringitie conisiruictlon,effective arely midwnvariainsg ieasisea es svill be adopted to reItiuceAccldleiits. illasliug Iliane, signals aiith giannis will bestipulaled. I'eoplIe mid veliiclesIn dalngerouisareas will beevactiedt ii intier. Thlorouiglicliecks will be iainde lierorelilas(Idng. Ilastiiig will ot10be cnrried ou1t Iuirlig peAlk work p# MOdS so na to voId Irnnilk jniuis, Iiijiiries ai deatilhsoorteolile. MIaniageienit mtid qsngeor ihla 1gsiR ilnlcilails will sicltily followsurety cejurrailx oi the'ubie SecoirityI)nrlunci met.

C. OameanaloiiPl'lse

1. Noise iiiandAl ulinnecessury tuseUritofiots will be stirictly restricled as aught. , Uh'l( slgWI

Noisebarriers or nilotlierAppropriate noulse lprolectlion iiensures ivillbe inkeoi al locallons CPCir/(1FC wheremuolse nceetis si unmldnatlbaseloil Ille resultsor ntoliuoloritg. ;I!\:il!!!!!!!N'!&1iful '!l! r!!|t!/L).L1Q !.11!{£!! ILesl?°nsill!y !if !!!^rks

2. Velitlri 1aIiiilci%iiiicilTgcfuiiniigahIiirgciiwii lllcr iliie eileiii will lheciiliiiiiccl to keeli vChilclcsfii goolacoidfliions. (i'( iiic;ii(; (;r'SI) Vcllirle ,ioaiscalili ciaissiulisiiisilecliol will fie 51lrciigtiluicid.If tlvehiic tioes nol colIlimlyWvilli ilic noise niuil/ur enilssloiis standnrds, the liceiise vill iol le giveii. Old velilcles wivli low speed,greal nioTseiltld highi oil coninilliioni will biotlleillow i rl ii; on ille rilrresswlvy by itheveicle inspeclion

Yel&iclcslieelo ni Iheexpressavny vlllbcbelivtecl 60-100 hiii/i. Iiit ie sectionsnear villages GPCD/GII'FC,(II'SI) or lowns,velicle speedat iniglitwill be restiictledto be niol iore Iblin 60 kin/li lo redllte noise diit llig illglhthIllne.

l'ntblicnivareniess Riuud educnilon will be proltioleullo fanillinrizepeople wilh Ilie problemsor CPEPB,OPCI)/GIPFC Airluolltiliuui ndslnolse frain velicelesndl wvilliireated regiulntions.

3. 'IrAilic MlainagemisentVisibility tinitiloritig systemwill be luisinlekdfor Danqlao-llongyiiuiseclionl, where niany henvy toggy daysatIe obseiveul. )ifferelilvelait lee sileed c nl lie setiiicuildling to dile*elri visibility levels.

4. itisit or Ilizii-d4ious An emergencylenadhtg leniii lins been set up it lli relevantdieparinienis by GIlCP/GPFCto GPCI)/PPFC(' Mlitterliils.Sloill 1 icllvivi with acciittealsi lslor linaardois iutitetiiilS, A counin(igeCicylpliti. to ileoil*villa sielh uccicdeks will he(Icveloiedl ror XGE.

For trnuusportntlionoa ltazardouis minerIals, tlhree cerliricntes, naniely Iransporl license,driver's GPPSD, GI'Cii/GI'IC !splecifillicenise and gliniaruliau's liceutse, by Ile lPulilleSecurily'Dl)epartmaent oiie reqiiired. Dallgel0 un1ulimr-k sounlGld bepill on Ilie velicleshaulinig hIililollrd s iialeriius.

I'le PPiliceSecnily Bliirea.illwill gdesiianleslecifc rouitesanl pJIkiig lutssfir velilclescarrying (CPPSI) lamzmt,11ullsIutunteillls.

In casear accideninlspiil orhazardauismaterials, relevant clepartnueniis will be Immediately Iinformedto take prompt actionsbased on the emergenicypInu. i-toiitorluig teaill to haludle Ihe sucihaccillenits will alsobe fornied.

5. ExiresswvayCoiltrol Cousirticlionof permnanentbuildings will not beallowed wilhiln 60 m frouiuside ditches of bolh GPCDIGPFC Area roadsidesas ExpressvayControl Area. 1). t iwivironuivinal;l Moitorling'ilI

1. Air Qualitv (I) Cnnsilstucliouiperiod: (a) l^loilwuingiteml: NOx, CO, IC, I'SP,anl (IIIst (b) finiullorliag rrequency;onice every Ivo nioiallis,3 consecitlivedlays, 4 limesa d(ay(NOx, CO, IC and TSP) onceevere wek (duIst) (c) Mllilrinag poilits: idveuatiriredit,die FtAP(INO0x. (0. IICicand rsr) enuasil-uicliniisiles. pi;areiis. ni;alerialharrow siltes,major lilliilig io;ds nuiI asphlallinaixilng siles (uluust)

(2) Opnrationlicrinol: (ai) Mlonitring ienls: NOx,CO, IIC ndtl TSP (h) olhfiloriisgrreqUencv: 4 timiiesR venr, Scoi:secuilve days, 5 tImesa day (c) Mouiloring poinls: identified in tlie FAP

(3) Ioluiloilailigtrcliaaica:l criteria: I'reseuiiAlmiaosphaere iloniiouiing StnidardauI\lellinns itsieid by NntioiualEuivironiiuieiital IPl-nertinitAgenicy (NI'Al)

2. Noise (I) louidlornigfrecjuieuacv: (a) Conistruictiou,leriod: ouuee n week,2 limlesa (lay. Ad hocmoniioring will be undertakensasapproprhale. (I,) Operadlioiper iod: 4 limes a year, 3 couuseentivedays, once eacli In daytimeand at iuight. Ad hoc moniloring will l)eundertnken.

(2) ;Monlloringpoinis: (a) Consiticiiouaperiod: snme ns air quality iuonitoirinig (b) Operationpleriod: Ileliliriedl in ihe FAI'

(3) Moalluring ecihiiicalcriteria: I'resenilNoise Sianud:rd lu letiod issuedby NFI'A

3. Water qtualily (I ) .MOuioriungitemlis: )01) SS, oil. leniper atnrIC.I'll. D)() (2) .lMnuitrioigfivtclaency: (a) Consirltcmionleriod: 3 linmesn year, 2 consecutive (lays (h) Oplesalinoa periinod: 3 linmes n yenr. 2 coiiserulive dlauys

(3) NIoln ritaaiuigguoilmus: (n) Coonstructionleeriodi: WVuujinmg l.iopli Slii CrossSection. Vangix River DaqiaoCross Section, Nlanslaul Resenoir (hi)Oluerailoni perioti: samueas iabove 6 W.lc-, OiijililuySimular.,dl issued byrNE 11A

4. I.endin Xoil (1) MIoniforinig ile-iI: ,Lendcolileiti III soil nHaulraCrps aaaadC'r ups (2) lMlo riqorgfrequenicy: Once n yeni dIiuig ile opeliraioniphose Z

(3) Mlonitoring 1uaimi:(Onc site Cuhe fdellkdisal itl 1lf1 ';I

(4) Ivlonitiaiaig siieilods: sainpahliagna 30 mn,G6 mn,nned fUU in froa blotlihr ondtsides. In eachi site, snilapfiag front sirrace, 15cii andli311 ciai deluuli iide- grouitd.

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