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World Bank Document Em304 VOL. 3 No.0206 First Class Certificate for EIA Issued by SEBA World Bank Loan Project Public Disclosure Authorized Zhumadian-Xinvang Expressway of Jing-Zhu National Trunk Road Public Disclosure Authorized Statement of Environmental Impact Assessment Public Disclosure Authorized SNNED FILE CtPY 1 | F(,I | aeSp<L_ FILE to,'aipIa,'Pmme or #) NrvCrGFT' ESWCo/Ho Aa1r. Itoc Environmental Protection Center Public Disclosure Authorized Ministrv of Communications November, 1999 Compiler EnvironmentalProtection Center Ministry of Communication(EPC) Director of EPC Mr.Gao Jie TechniqueExaminer : Mr.Lao hui Project team Leader Ms. Liu ying Project Team Member: Mr. Wang Dongwei Mr. Zhang wei Mr. Li yong Ms. Yu Chenyu Mr. Yang Shouyu Ms. Li Qiuxiang Source of Monitor Data: Henan Zhumadian Environmental monitor station Henan Xinyang Environmental monitor Station List of Report Written by Examined by Final Report Ms. Liu ying Mr. Lao hui Social Enviromental Impact Mr. Li yong Mr. Song guozhen Ecological and Water Mr. WangDongwei Mr. Liu zhigui Noise Enviroment Impact Mr. Zhang wei Mr.Liu zhigui Environment Impact Mr. Yang Shouyu Mr. Lao hui Air Enviroment Impact Ms. Yu Chenyu Mr. Song guozhen A Foreword The EIA work for the World Bank loan project of Zhumadian-Xinyang (95.15 km) expressway of Jing-Zhu (Beijing-Zhuhai) national trunk- road, undertaken by the Environmental Protection Center of the Ministry of Communications (EPC of MOC) is an important part of the trunk road construction. The Jing-Zhu national trunk road starting in the north from capital Beijing, via five provinces of Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Hunan and Guangdong, and ending at Zhuhai, is one of the highway corridor in north-south direction with high capacity. The trunk road passes through eight cities in Henan province, i.e. Anyang, Hebi, Xinxiang, Zhenzhou, Xuchang, Leihe, Zhumadian and Xinyang, with total length about 525.56 km, which will be constructed by sections of seven projects. So far four projects of "Anyang-Xinxiang, Zhenzhou-Xinzhen, Xinzhen-Xuchang, Xuchang-Leihe" have been completed, with total length open to traffic about 271.86 kmn, accounting for 51.73% of the total mileage in Henan province. The Zhumadian-Xinyancg expressway of Jing-Zhu national trunk road starts in the north from the end point of Leihe-Zhumadian expressway of Jing-Zhu national trunk road going to be built, with its alignment along with the eastern side of Jing-Guang (Beijing-Guangzhou) railway southwards, via Queshan, Minggang, Xinyang, Segang and Jiuliguan, and ends at the border line between Henan and Hubai, with a total length of 132.99 km. The proposed road project in an integrated part of the Jing-Zhu national trunk road, which ill be of great significance in promotion of the economic development of Henan province and the neighbouring areas, improvement of the investment environment and development of local tourism resources. Total investment of the road project is estimated at CNY3,470 million. According to the "Law of Environmental Protection of the People's Republic of China", the "Regulations Concerning Environmental Protection for Construction Project", and the "Measures Concerning Environmental Protection Management for Communications Construction Project", an EIA should be conducted for the road project. At the end of January 1999, it is decided, by Henan Provincial Communications Department in consultation with the W'orld Baank, that the 132.99 km road of Zhumadian-Xinyang be divided into two projects: i.e. the first 95.15 krn as the World Bank loan project, and the rest 37. knmas domestic project. Entrusted by the Planning Division of the Henan Provincial Communications Department (HPCD), Environmental Protection Center of the Ministry of Communications undertook the EIA wvorkfor the Construction Project at the end of 1998. On the basis of the "Pre-feasibility Study Report" and the "Engineering I Feasibility Study Report" for the road project completed b) the Henan Provincial Communications Survey and Design Institute (HPCSDI) in October 1997 and September 1998 respectively, the EPC of MOC made detailed survey and investigation along the road area at the end of 1998 and the beginning of 1999 respectively, with lots of relevant materials having been collected; in January 1999, the project leader and experts from the EPC of MOC and the experts from the World Bank discussed some of the issues conceming the road project; on the basis of which the "EIA Terms of Reference for ZhumaLdian-Xinyang Expressway of Jing-Zhu National Trunk Road" was completed by' the EPC of MOC in January 1999 and passed through the examination and acceptance in the expert meeting organized by the EIA center of the State Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) in February 1999. On 26 Mach 1999 a written reply was given by the SEPA concerning the terms of reference of the EIA for the road project. As the third highway project with the W\orld Bank loan in Henan province, great importance were attached to the road project by the World Bank experts, who did on- site survey together with the experts from China on some of the important road sections, with detailed requirements being set forth for the EIA work based on the survey in April 1999. In accordance with the requirements and the provisions as specified in the environrmental protection regulations and based on the on-site survev, current status environmental monitoring and the public participation investigation, the Statement of the EIA for the road project \vas comllpiled. We finished the first draft on May 1999.After several revision according to the contents from the environmental expert of world bank, we completed the last draft on November 1999. The EIA working group wvouldlike to express their grateful acknowledgments of assistance from the following: SEPA. EPO of MOC. the experts from the World Bank, HPCD, HEPB, and the environmental monitoring station. 2 CONTENTS 1. General Introduction I 1.1 Outline of the project I 1.2 Purpose I 1.3 Laws and documents as the basis of the EIA statement I 1.4 Assessment procedures 2 1.5 Classification and scope of the EIA 4 1.6 Standards used in the EIA 4 1.7 Assessment method 6 1.8 Assessment time horizon 6 1.9 Assessment content and the highlights 7 1.10 Protection targets 8 2. Engineering Brief and Environmental Impact Analysis 9 2.1 Engineering brief 9 2.2 Analysis of the environmental impact caused by the road project 15 2.3 Analysis of the pollution caused by the road project 16 3. Assessment of Current Environmental Conditions 17 3.1 Outline of the natural environmental conditions 17 3.2 Outline of societal environment 19 3.3 Assessment of current status of ecological environment 22 3.4 Current status and assessment of acoustic environment 29 3.5 Current status and assessment of the ambient air quality 32 4. Prediction and Analysis of the Environmental Impact 34 4.1 Societal and economic impact assessment 34 4.2 Analysis of ecological environmental impact 39 4.3 Forecast and assessment of the impact on surface water environment 45 4.4 Forecast and assessment of the impact on ambient air quality 48 4.5 Forecast and assessment of the noise impact 56 i S. Comparison of Alternative Schemes 65 5.1 Comparison between the situations with and without the expressway project 65 5.2 Altemative scheme A 66 5.3 Comparison in terms of engineering factor 66 5.4 Comparison in terms of environrmental factor 67 5.5 Conclusion of the comparisons 68 6. Environmental Protection Measures 69 6.1 Environmental protection measures in design period 69 6.2 Environmental protection measures in the construction period 70 6.3 Environrmental protection measures in the operation period 79 7. Cost-Benefit Analysis 83 7.1 Cost-benefit analysis for the road engineering project 83 7.2 Environmental protection investment and cost-benefit analvsis 91 8. Environmental Management and Monitoring plan 92 8.1 Environmental management plan 92 8.2 Environmental monitoring plan 100 9. Public Participation 104 9.1 Public participation survey 104 9.2 Statisties results of the public participation survey 105 9.3 Summary of the public opinion survey meetings 106 9.4 The public opinion and the response to the opinion 108 10. Conclusions of the EIA 109 10.1 Selection of the road alignment 109 10.2 Societal environmental impact 109 10.3 Ecological environrmental impact 109 10.4 Surface water environmental impact 110 10.5 Ambient air impact 110 10.6 Acoustic environmental impact IlI 10.7 Assessment conclusions 111 ii 1. General Introduction 1.1 Outline of the project The Jing-Zhu (Beijing-Zhuhai) national trunk road is one of the "five lateral and seven longitudinal" backbones planned by the Ministry of Communications (MOC). The Henan Provincial Communications Survey and Design Institute (HPCSDI) undertook the pre-feasibility study of the road section of Jing-Zhu national trunk road in Henan province in 1989 and completed the "Feasibility Study Report for the Road Section of Jing-Zhu National Trunk Road" in August 1992. Construction of the first road section of expressway of Zhenzhou-Xinxiang commenced in 1992. and so far four road section projects have been accomplished with total length open to traffic up to 271.86km, accounting for 51.7% of the overall road section in Henan province. The Zhumadian-Xinyang expressway is the last project of the road section in Henan province. The HPCSDI undertook the pre-feasibilitv study of the road section of Zhumadian-Xinyang of the Jing-Zhu national trunk road in 1998 and completed the "Feasibility Study Report for the Road Section of Zhumadian-Xinvang of the Jing-Zhu National Trunk Road" in September 1998. At the moment the preliminary design of the road project is underway and it has been taken as the third road project financed with the World Bank loan.
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