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4. Environmental Impacts and Mitigation Measures E1699 v 2 World Bank Loan Project State Environmental Assessment Certificate 1106th, A-Grade Public Disclosure Authorized Bengbu Integrated Environment Improvement Project BIEIP Public Disclosure Authorized Report of Environment Management Plan (Draft) Public Disclosure Authorized North China Municipal Engineering Design & Research Institute August 2007 Public Disclosure Authorized Table of contents 1. GOAL OF ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT PLAN..................................... 3 1.1 PURPOSE OF ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT PLAN................................................ 3 1.2 ACTION GUIDELINES AND THE REQUIREMENTS.................................................... 3 2. ESTABLISHMENT BASIS ................................................................................. 5 2.1 EVALUATION CRITERIA ...................................................................................... 5 2.2 ESTABLISHMENTS BASIS .................................................................................... 9 3. PROJECT SURVEY....................................................................................... 14 3.1 PROJECTS INTRODUCTION................................................................................ 14 3.2 PROJECT CONSTRUCTION CONTENT .............................................................. 15 4. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS AND MITIGATION MEASURES .............. 21 4.1 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS .............................................................................. 21 4.2 MITIGATION MEASURES................................................................................... 35 5. IMPLEMENTATION ORGANIZATION ..................................................... 41 5.1 ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATIONS................................................ 41 5.2 ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING ORGANIZATION ................................................ 44 5.3 CONTRACTOR’S DUTIES................................................................................... 44 5.4 TRAINING AND ABILITY CONSTRUCTION ........................................................... 45 6. MONITORING PLANS .................................................................................... 47 6.1 ENVIRONMENT SUPERVISION OF CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES ............................. 47 6.2 MONITORING PLANS........................................................................................ 47 6.3 MANAGEMENT SYSTEM ................................................................................... 63 7. THE BUDGET AND THE FUND SOURCE OF THE ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT PLAN........................................................................................ 64 7.1 THE BUDGET OF ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT PLAN........................................ 64 7.2 FUND ORIGIN .................................................................................................. 80 1. Goal of environment management plan Purpose of environment management plan The construction implementation of this project will cause some environmental impacts on construction site. In the construction period, this project will have some adverse impacts on the atmospheric environment, the water environment, the sound environment and the ecological environment, while in the operation period, it will mainly benefit to the water environment and the ecological environment and improve the ability in prevention of flood and water logging. In order to explain in detail the contents of environmental impact elimination measures, environment management, environment supervision, environmental monitoring, and so on, the environment management plan has been formulated. It is a guideline document of the environment management in the project implementation process. Its function is as follows: (1) Make clear the goal of environmental protection and the measures of environment mitigation The project construction organization, the designing organization and the appraisal organization have investigated in detail on the panned land, confirmed the environmental protection goal, proposed the effective environment mitigation measures, and integrated them into the project design. (2) Be taken as the guidance document of environment management After the environmental monitoring plan is approved by the World Bank, it will be provided as the environmental protection text to the construction overseeing organizations, the environment surveillance organizations and other related organizations of this project construction period and the operation period. (3) To identify the responsibility and the functions of the related organizations The environment management plan has identified the responsibility and the function of the related functional departments and the management organizations and has proposed the channel and the way for communication exchange among each department’s. (4) Determine environmental monitoring plan during the construction period and the operation period The environmental monitoring plan in construction period and the operation period proposed in the environment management plan can guarantee the effective implementation of the environment mitigation measure and prompt processing of environment accident. Action guidelines and the requirements Under the efforts of the World Bank officials, the international consultation experts, the environmental impact appraisal organization, the Bengbu Environmental Protection Bureau and the project construction organization, the environment management goal of this project for construction period and the operation period has been determined as: maintains the coordinated development of social economy and environment in Bengbu City, improves the ecological environment in Bengbu City, reduces or mitigate the adverse effect on the project construction, minimizes environmental impacts. Specific actions: (1) To propose and implement the environment management and the environmental monitoring plan; (2) To propose and implement the pollutant control strategy to mitigate is adverse impact on the environment. Specific request: (1) To inspect the environmental monitoring standard determined in environmental monitoring plan during the construction period and the operation period; (2) To implement all the environment mitigation measures proposed in environmental impact assessment according to the stipulated procedure. 2. Establishment basis 2.1 Evaluation criteria 2.2.1 Environment quality standard (1) The atmospheric environment quality specification At present the ambient air quality appraisal carries out the corresponding standard according to Ambient air Quality Standard (GB3095-1996 + revision list in 2000). Table 2-1-1 Air pollutant density limiting value Unit: mg/m3 Standard Standard Standard Pollutant name Sample time density limiting density limiting density limiting value Level 1 value Level 2 value Level 3 Annual mean 0.02 0.06 0.10 Sulfur Dioxide, SO2 Daily average 0.05 0.15 0.25 1 hour average 0.15 0.50 0.70 Total suspended Annual mean 0.08 0.20 0.30 particles, TSP Daily average 0.12 0.30 0.50 Annual mean 0.04 0.08 0.08 Nitrogen dioxide, NO2 Daily average 0.08 0.12 0.12 1 hour average 0.12 0.24 0.24 Inspiration particles Annual mean 0.04 0.10 0.15 PM10 Daily average 0.05 0.15 0.25 (2) The surface water environment quality standard The surface water environment carries out Environmental Quality Standards for Surface Water (GB3838-2002) corresponding standard. Table 2-1-2 Basic items standard limiting value of surface water environment quality standard Unit: mg/L (ph, excrement large intestine bacteria colony are the exceptions) Serial Item Standard value Type III Standard value Type No. 1 Ph (zero dimension) 69 6 9 2 The dissolved oxygen 5 3 3 Permanganate index 6 1 0 The five-day biochemical 4 4 6 oxygen demand 5 Ammonia nitrogen 1 1 . 5 Compounds of petroleum 6 0 . 0 5 0 . 5 class 7 Volatile phenols 0.005 0 . 0 1 8 Chemical oxygen demand 2 0 3 0 Excrement large intestine 9 10000 20000 bacteria colony (each/L) The total phosphorus 10 0 . 2 0 . 3 (calculated by P) The total nitrogen(lake, 11 1 1 . 5 reservoir) (calculated by N 0.0001 12 Mercury 0 . 0 0 1 13 Lead 0 . 0 5 0 . 0 5 14 Cadmium 0.005 0 . 0 0 5 (3)The sound environment quality standard The sound environment carries out Standards of Environmental Noise of Urban Area (GB3096-1993) corresponding standard. Table 2-1-3 Stand of environmental noise of urban area Unit: db(A) Category Day time Night time Type1 55 45 Type 2 60 50 Type 3 65 55 Type 4 70 55 (4) Soil environment quality standard The soil environment carries out Soil Environment quality Standard (GB15618- 1995) level three. Table 2-1-4 Soil environment quality standard Unit: mg/kg Item Arsenic Chromium Lead Mercury Paddy Arid Paddy field Arid land field land Soil ph 6.5 5 0 0 3 0 4 0 5 0 0 4 0 0 3 0 0 2.1.2 Pollutant emissions standard (1)Water pollution emissions standard The waste water during the construction period carries out Integrated Wastewater Discharge Standard (GB8978-1996) corresponding standard. Table 2-1-5 Pollutant highest permission emissions density Unit: mg/l Standard Standard Level 3 Serial No. Pollutant Standard Level 2 Level 1 1 Ph 6 9 6 9 6 9 2 Suspension SS 70 150 400 Biochemical oxygen 300 3 20 30 Demand BOD5 Chemical oxygen 500 4 100 150 Demand COD 5 Ammonia nitrogen 15 25 - 6 Petroleum class compounds 5 10 20 7 Animal and vegetable oil 10 15 100 The wastewater emissions from the sewage treatment plant carries out the state Discharge Standard of Pollutants for Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plant (GB18918-2002) Standard level A. Table
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