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PRC: Emergency Assistance for Wenchuan Earthquake Reconstruction Project Environmental Monitoring Report Semestral Report September 2011 PRC: Emergency Assistance for Wenchuan Earthquake Reconstruction Project Prepared by Yang Jianjun for Shaanxi Provincial Project Management Office and the Asian Development Bank. This environmental monitoring report is a document of the borrower. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of ADB's Board of Directors, Management, or staff, and may be preliminary in nature. In preparing any country program or strategy, financing any project, or by making any designation of or reference to a particular territory or geographic area in this document, the Asian Development Bank does not intend to make any judgments as to the legal or other status of any territory or area. Shaanxi Province Post-Wenchuan Earthquake Restoration and Reconstruction Project September 15, 2011 Environmental Monitoring and Evaluation Report 1 Table of Contents 1. Introduction ................................................................................................ 1 2. Objectives .................................................................................................. 2 3. Environmental Monitoring and Evaluation ................................................. 3 4. Observations and Recommendations ........................................................ 5 1) Environmental Impact Assessment and Approval ............................... 5 2) Onsite Environmental Management .................................................... 7 3) Observations and Recommendations ................................................. 9 a) School building reconstruction ..................................................... 9 b) Road reconstruction ................................................................... 10 ABBREVIATIONS ADB – Asian Development Bank EA – executing agency EIA – environmental impact assessment EIAR – environmental impact assessment report EIART - environmental impact assessment report table EIRT – environmental impact registration table EMP – environmental management plan IA – implementing agency PMO – project monitoring office PRC – People’s Republic of China 2 Environmental Monitoring and Evaluation September 15, 2011 1. Introduction The post-Wenchuan earthquake restoration and reconstruction project is carrying on in two municipalities of Shaanxi province, namely, Baoji City and Hanzhong City. The Project includes 16 subprojects, which can be classified into two categories: reconstruction of damaged roads and school buildings in one district and three counties, namely, Chencang District, Mianxian, Lueyang and Ningqiang Counties. The technical standard of the rural roads is classes Ⅲ–IV. The road reconstruction will be carried out strictly in the existing right-of-way, except for bridge reconstruction. Some road reconstructions projects also involve damaged bridge restoration. The school buildings will be rebuilt on the existing school yards and adjacent lots. The Project commenced in 2009 and will be completed by the end of June 2012. This environmental monitoring and evaluation report is prepared in accordance with the Report and Recommendation of the President to the Board of Directors1, and the Environmental Impact Assessment Law (2002) of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and its related regulations. 1 Project 42496 Proposed Loan: People’s Republic of China: Emergency Assistance for Wenchuan Eatthquake Reconstruction Project, Report and Recommendation of the President to the Board of Directors, February 2009 1 2. Objectives The overall objective of this environmental initiative is to ensure the Projects’ environmental impact complies with the Environment Policy (2002) of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Environmental Impact Assessment Law (2002) of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and its related regulations through conducting an independent environmental monitoring and evaluation during the course of construction activities according to the requirements that specified in the Loan Agreement and Project Agreement of Emergency Assistance for Wenchuan Earthquake Reconstruction Project，specifically： To conduct field patrol to follow up, monitor and objectively assess the environmental impact of construction activities. To make sure the requirements of environmental impact assessment are properly implemented. To timely manage the water quality, air quality, acoustic quality, and debris and construction waste disposal, as well as to manage water and soil loss, ecosystem conservation in the project area during construction periods of the Project. To monitor the effectiveness of mitigation measures and the impact of resettlement on the environment. Further measures to bring impact down shall also be put forward. Provide bi-annual Environmental Monitoring and Evaluation Report in a timely manner to inform responsible government bodies and the Bank about the results of monitoring and evaluation, so as to provide scientific basis for environmental management of the Project. 2 3. Environmental Monitoring and Evaluation On-site inspection was conducted from late August to early September across the four project counties in Shaanxi. The patrol team has visited 16 subproject sites, which include the most environmentally sensitive subprojects covering 9 schools and 7 road reconstruction sites, for example, the Hangjiang River Bridge Project in Mianxian County and Weihe River Bridge Project in Chencang District. For each subproject, the patrol team inspected the construction sites and collected information through onsite interviews and working meetings with staff from project management offices (PMO) at county level and onsite offices. The focuses of the inspection are: onsite environmental management plan (EMP), implementation of mitigation measures, as well as environmental issues encountered and corresponding solutions. The information of inspected sites is summarized in Table 1. 3 Table 1. Information of inspected subproject County Type of Key Subproject Inspected segment or project contacted received District person inspection Chencang Education Mr Luo Guozhen Junior Whole project District Yongsheng High School Changqu Junior High School Communication Mr Zeng Village roads Tian-Pan Road Xiaoping Township roads Weihe River Bridge at Pingtou Mianxian Education Mr Jia Kang Mianxian No.1 High Whole project County School Mianxian Experimental Primary School Mianxian No.5 High School Mianxian No.4 High School Communication Mr Zeng Hangjiang River Whole project Lijun Bridge Mr Zhang Mian-Chang Road Mianxian – Changgou (Ⅳ) River Lueyang Education Mr You Heiheba Central Whole project County Fushun Primary School Yangjiaba Primary School Lueyang No.3 High School Communication Mr Chen Township roads (Ⅳ) Huangjiazhuang – Shucheng Zgongchuanhekou Ningqiang Communication Mr Xu Yang – Yan Road Whole project County Yaoxiang (Ⅲ) Yan – Qing Road Yanzibian – Jialingjiang (Ⅲ) River 4 4. Observations and Recommendations 1) Environmental Impact Assessment and Approval Given the nature of the physical works involved with reconstruction of damaged roads, bridges and school buildings, the potential negative impacts are localized and short-term, and can be mitigated. The Project is categorized as environment category B by the Bank. Therefore, an environmental impact assessment (EIA) is not required. However, environmental impact assessment practice is applied in all the 16 sub-projects in accordance with the requirements of the PRCs Environmental Impact Assessment Law (2002). Rather than EIAs, every sub-project opts to exam and review its environmental impact by either environmental impact registration tables (EIRT) or environmental impact assessment report table (EIART). The detailed information on environmental impact assessment and approval are summarized in Table 2. 5 Table 2 Environmental Impact Assessment and Approval County / Type of project Subproject EIA EIA Prepared by EIA Approval Authority Approval Date District Class Chencang Education Changqu Junior High School EIART Baoji EIA Institute Baoji Environmental Mar 24, 2011 District (3) Chencang Primary School EIART Baoji EIA Institute Protection Bureau Jul 21, 2010 Guozhen Junior High School EIART Baoji EIA Institute Oct 8, 2010 Communication 1. Township roads EIART Baoji EIA Institute Shaanxi Provincial Dec 12, 2008 (3) 2. Village roads Environmental Protection 3. Qianhe River Bridge at Shiyangmiao Bureau Lueyang Education 4 Primary Schools in rural areas EIRT Lueyang Education Bureau Lueyang Environmental Aug 24, 2009 County (2) Lueyang No.3 High School Protection Bureau Communication 1. Xi-Bai Road EIRT Lueyang Communication Bureau Jun 8, 2009 (3) 2. Guo-Qing Road 3.Township roads Mianxian Education Mianxian No.1 High School EIRT Mianxian No.1 High School Mianxian Environmental Aug 31, 2009 County (1) Mianxian No.4 High School EIRT Mianxian No.4 High School Protection Bureau Jul 8, 2009 Sept 28, 2009 Mianxian No.5 High School EIRT Mianxian No.5 High School Sept 28, 2009 Mianxian Experimental Primary School EIRT Mianxian Experimental Primary School Communication Hangjiang River Bridge EIART Hydro China Xi Bei Engineering Shaanxi Provincial Jun 9, 2009 (2) Cooperation Environmental Protection Department Mian-Chang Road EIRT Mianxian Communication Bureau Hanzhong Environmental Dec 16, 2008 Protection Bureau Ningqiang Communication Yang – Yan Road EIART Environmental Engineering Planning and Ningqiang Environmental Sept 14, 2010 County (2) Yan – Qing Road Design Institute of Hanzhong City Protection Bureau
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