Environmental Monitoring Report
Reporting Period: July–December 2020 Project Number: 52007–001 Date: January 2021
People’s Republic of China: Air Quality Improvement in the Greater Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei Region— Henan Cleaner Fuel Switch Investment Program
The views expressed herein are those of the consultant and do not necessarily represent those of ADB’s members, Board of Directors, Management, or staff, and may be preliminary in nature.
Prepared by Yu-Tian New Energy Co. Ltd for 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.
CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS
(as of 27 January 2020) Currency unit - yuan (CNY) CNY1.00 = US$ 0.1547 US$1.00 = CNY 6.4652
ABBREVIATIONS ADB Asian Development Bank AP Affected Person AQI Air Quality Index EA Executing Agency EHS Environment, Health and Safety EIA Environmental Impact Assessment EMA Environmental Monitoring Agency EMoP Environmental Monitoring Plan EMP Environmental Management Plan EPB Environmental Protection Bureau EPL Environmental Protection Law FSR Feasibility Study Report GDP Gross Domestic Product GHG Greenhouse Gas GIP Good International Practice GIIP Good International Industrial Practice GRM Grievance Redress Mechanism IA Implementing Agency IEE Initial Environmental Examination IT Interim Target MAC Maximum Acceptable Concentration MEE Ministry of Ecology and Environment MEP Ministry of Environmental Protection PCR Physical Cultural Resources PIU Project implementation unit PPE Personnel Protective Equipment PRC People’s Republic of China PSSA Program Safeguard Systems Assessment SPS Safeguard Policy Statement 2009, ADB WB World Bank WHO World Health Organization WWTP Wastewater treatment plant YTNE Yu-Tian New Energy Co. Ltd ZYIG Zhongyuan Yuzi Investment Holding Group
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
BOD5 Biochemical Oxygen Demand, five days CaCO3 Calcium Carbonate cm Centimeter CO2 Carbon Dioxide COD Chemical Oxygen Demand dB(A) A-weighted sound pressure level in decibels DO Dissolved Oxygen kg Kilogram km Kilometer kWh Kilowatt Hour Leq Equivalent Continuous Noise Level m Meter m/s Meters per Second m2 Square Meters m³ Cubic Meters mg/l Milligrams per Liter mg/m3 Milligrams per Cubic Meter µg/m3 Micrograms per Cubic Meter NOx Nitrogen Oxides oC Degrees Celsius O3 Ozone pH A measure of the acidity or alkalinity of a solution PM Particulate Matter PM10 Particulate Matter smaller than 10 micrometers PM2.5 Particulate Matter smaller than 2.5 micrometers SO2 Sulfur Dioxide t/h Tons per Hour TSP Total Suspended Particulates
NOTES
(i) In this report, "$" refers to US dollars and "€" refers to Euro. (ii) This document has been prepared following ADB’s Safeguard Policy Statement 2009.
Table of Contents
I. INTRODUCTION 1 A. Report Purpose and Rationale 1 B. Project Objective and Components 1 C. Project Implementation Progress 3 II. INSTITUTIONAL SETUP AND RESPONSIBILITIES FOR EMP IMPLEMENTATION AND SUPERVISION 9 III. ENVIRONMENTAL MITIGATION AND COMPENSATION MEASURES IMPLEMENTED IN THE REPORTING PERIOD 12 IV. SUMMARY OF ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING 35 A. Environmental Monitoring plan and responsibilities 35 B. Training and Capacity Building 41 C. Public Consultation and Awareness Raising 44 D. Performance Indicators 45 E. Monitoring Results and Assessment 46 V. GRIEVANCE REDRESS MECHANISM 47 VI. KEY ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES AND NEXT-STEP ACTION PLAN 51 A. Key Issues Identified and Actions Recommended 51 B. Action Plan of Environmental Monitoring 51 VII. CONCLUSION 52 A. Overall Progress of Implementation of Environmental Management Measures 52
Appendix: APPENDIX 1 Domestic EIA Approval of Skid mounted high and medium pressure regulating station in Taiqian County 53
I. INTRODUCTION
A. Report Purpose and Rationale
1. As defined in the domestic environmental impact assessments (EIAs) and Program Safeguard Systems Assessment (PSSA) for Air Quality Improvement in the Greater Beijing– Tianjin–Hebei Region—Henan Cleaner Fuel Switch Investment Program (the Project) and Project Administration Manual, semi-annual environmental monitoring reports (EMRs) should be prepared by the borrower in order to evaluate and assess project activities and to review progress and ensure the effective implementation of the environmental management plan (EMP) prepared for the subprojects under the Project.
2. The purpose of this 1st EMR is to document the project and environmental management activities and compliance with the PSSA for this Project from 1 July to 31 December 2020. As the 1st EMR, it mainly covers the project preparation, implementation and operation phases. In line with targets aimed at reducing the negative environmental impacts of the Project and in accordance with all the relevant specifications and standards of the PRC, as well as the policies of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), this report emphasizes: (i) progress made in implementing the EMP, (ii) implementation of mitigation measures, (iii) environmental compliance, (iv) institutional strengthening and training, (v) public consultation, and (vi) problems that have occurred and corrective actions taken.
3. This report is prepared by the YTNE (Yu-Tian New Energy Co. Ltd) with the assistance from the independent external consultant.
B. Project Objective and Components
4. The Project will support the transition from coal to cleaner fuel for residential, commercial, and industrial users in selected less-developed counties of Henan Province, thereby reducing a major source of air pollution in the greater Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei region. The outcomes of the program include: (1) 1.2 million customers connected to cleaner fuel; (2) 316.63 million normal cubic meters (Nm3) of gas consumed annually; and (3) private and public funding mobilized after 2022. The program will have four outputs:
(i) Output 1: Gas network system expanded. The program will construct natural gas network systems, including 26,880 kilometers of medium and low-pressure small diameter distribution pipelines and 12 gas stations, together supplying 316.63 million Nm3 of gas to 1.2 million customers by 2023.
(ii) Output 2: Alternative clean fuel developed. The program will develop 1.7 million cubic meters of annual biogas production capacity using the first utility- scale dry fermentation process plant that makes use of agricultural waste, which is readily available in the target counties.
(iii) Output 3: Cleaner fuel use awareness enhanced. The program will help change end-user’s use of traditional energy, and enhance awareness about cleaner fuel use and gas safety. It will give special attention to gender impacts, including improved health outcomes and reduced time spent preparing
household energy among women.
(iv) Output 4: Institutional and organizational capacity enhancement. The program will support institutional and organizational capacity enhancement by (i) upgrading the information and management system; (ii) strengthening financial and risk management; (iii) unlocking access to commercial financing; and (iv) increasing implementing agency staffing with gender targets, for sustainable overall program implementation towards 2030.
5. The program considers adopting ADB’s result-based lending (RBL) modality. ADB’s RBL program supports the financing of the program for the time- slice of 2019–2023 in the overall investment program for 2019–2030. The Project supports the Government’s objectives as outlined in the Three-Year Action Plan to Win Blue Sky War (2018–2020), issued in June 2018. The Action Plan includes policy actions to accelerate (i) closing of heavily polluting industries; (ii) reduce surplus production capacity in industries; (iii) shift to less air polluting transportation modes; and (iv) build cleaner and less air polluting energy systems to reduce air pollutant emissions by more than 15% for NOx and SO2, and more than 18% for PM2.5 by 2020 as compared with the emissions level in 2015. In 2018 the provincial government also issued the Three-Year Action Plan for Henan Province to Combat Blue Sky War (2018–2020), which targeted to (i) reduce annual average PM2.5 to 58 μg/m3 by 2020; and, (ii) achieve the annual average national air quality category II standard of 35 μg/m3 by 2023.
6. The program scope during 2019–2023 covers (i) expanding gas network systems including distribution pipelines (26,880 km) and gas stations, thereby replacing the old coal burning facilities; (ii) developing 17 million Nm3 annual production capacity of pilot biogas plant facilities, which can be sourced from wastes from agricultural crops; (iii) strengthening the institutional capacity of Zhongyuan Yuzi Investment Holding Group (ZYIG) and China Tian Lun Gas Holding Limited (CTLG) to raise the additional funding needed to complete the cleaner fuel switch investment program by 2030; and (iv) enhancing awareness about safety of cleaner fuel use and indoor air pollution reduction among the gas end users, with special attention to gender impacts. The project is aligned with national and provincial development plans and the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) country partnership strategy for the PRC, 2016–2020.
7. The Henan Provincial Government is the executing agency (EA) and has overall responsibility for the program. The IA is the Zhongyuan Yuzi Investment Holding Group (ZYIG), a state owned enterprise (SOE) under the Henan Provincial Finance Bureau, who is responsible for implementing and monitoring the activities in the program through the Yu-Tian New Energy Company (YTNE), a joint venture between ZYIHG and the private China Tian Lun Gas Holding Limited (CTLG). A program coordination committee comprised of ZYIHG, YTNE, Provincial Development and Reform Commission, Provincial Finance Bureau, and other relevant provincial government agencies, was established to provide oversight and strategic guidance in implementing the program.
8. Overall project environment impacts. Project construction will likely generate some moderate adverse impacts to the environment. Potential construction-related impacts include a small loss of farm land for siting the pilot biomass gas plant, regulatory and storage facilities, and gas pipelines; wastes; soil erosion from site preparation activities; fugitive dust and other emissions (e.g.,
3 from vehicle traffic, land clearing activities, and materials stockpiles); noise and vibration from heavy equipment and truck traffic; oil or fuel spills associated with heavy equipment operation and fueling activities; and occupational and community health and safety hazards. The anticipated impacts are minimal or moderate in significance, site-specific, and temporary in nature, and can be mitigated through the application of standard good construction management practices and health and safety practices. Potential impacts during operation include waste generation from biomass gas production; wastewater, gas odor, and noise; and occupational and community health and safety risks, including fire and natural gas leakage. These impacts can be effectively mitigated through good practice operational environmental management and health and safety practices. It is concluded that the program is unlikely to have significant adverse environmental impacts that are irreversible, diverse, or unprecedented, and which may affect an area larger than the sites or facilities subject to physical works. Therefore, the classification of the program as Asian Development Bank (ADB) category B for environment is confirmed. Any proposed project under the program that may be classified as ADB environment category A will not be excluded from the scope of the program.
C. Project Implementation Progress
9. The below Table 1-1 shows the latest project implementation progress.
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Table 1-1 Overall project progress during the reporting period No. Subproject name Project content Commencement Is there a Is there domestic completion and progress of domestic EIA? acceptance and implementation environmental protection completion acceptance?
Customer revenue service and project 1 Feb 2020 management software procurement
Procurement of cloud server and operation and 2 May 2020 maintenance services
Skid mounted high and medium pressure The feasibility study At present, the completion regulating station in Taiqian County report has been acceptance report is being completed and the prepared; after the gas supply 3 EIA approval (11 Jun 2020 Yes by the project, the completion June 2020, see environmental check and Appendix 1) has acceptance will be undertaken been obtained
Xiaojia village and Zijincheng village in Lushan 4 Jul 2020 County
5 Medium pressure pipe network outside villages Aug 2020
Intelligent warehouse management system of 6 Oct 2020 YTNE
Deting Town, Jiuxian town and Muzaling LNG The feasibility study gasification station of Songxian Yutian new report has been LNG EIA in energy Co., Ltd. completed and the 7 Oct 2020 progress in Not accepted yet EIA procedures of Deting town Deting station are being prepared
Turnkey project of biogas production line of 8 Not yet Shangqiu Minquan
Henan rural coal to gas project (phase II) 9 Oct 2020
No. Subproject name Project content Commencement Is there a Is there domestic completion and progress of domestic EIA? acceptance and implementation environmental protection completion acceptance?
Official website of YTNE 10 Oct 2020
Equipment management system of YTNE 11 Oct 2020
CA security certification system 12 Oct 2020
Rural coal to gas installation in Minquan County 13 Dec 2020 (phase I)
Rural coal to gas installation in Zhengyang 14 Not yet County (phase I)
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Table 1-2 Annual Outcomes in 2020 and Annual Plan for 2021 of YTNE RBL Program
Objectives to be Completed in DLI Objectives in 2020 Annual Outcomes in 2020 S/N Linked Indicator Item 2021
400,000 customers connected to the gas. (Medium-pressure ventilation is connected to the
pressure regulating box in the 400,000 customers 800,000 customers 1 Number of customers DLI 1. village, and the low-pressure connected to the gas connected to the gas connected to the gas pipeline in the village can be (cumulative) (cumulative) replaced for ventilation at any time before it is ventilated to the meter or has been accepted)
32.35 million Nm3 of total gas 101.33 million Nm3 of total 2 Total gas DLI 2. consumption by customers 15 million Nm3 of gas gas consumption by consumption connected to the gas at the consumption customers connected to the end of the year gas at the end of the year
17,920km of gas distribution
network pipeline installed 17,920km of gas distribution 26,880km of gas 3 Gas distribution DLI 4. (cumulative) (medium- network pipeline installed distribution network pipeline network pipeline pressure and low-pressure (cumulative) installed (cumulative) pipeline construction)
Objectives to be Completed in DLI Objectives in 2020 Annual Outcomes in 2020 S/N Linked Indicator Item 2021
4 DLI 5. 8 gas stations built 3 gas stations built 12 gas stations built Gas station (cumulative) (cumulative) (cumulative)
Basic work of site selection,
project approval, bidding and Biogas production facility Site selection, project 5 DLI 6. procurement, and civil completely installed and Biogas approval, bidding and construction of biogas constructed procurement completed completed at the end of the year
Totally 155 gas use 220 gas use awareness 100 gender sensitive cleaner awareness campaigns in line campaigns in line with ADB 6 Publicity of gender DLI 7. awareness programs with ADB standards standards convened in awareness convened in total, and at least convened in 2020, with 175 total. At least 50% of 50% of participants are women in total. At least 50% of participants are women. participants are women.
Institutional and
organizational 1. Integrated enterprise capacity enhanced in 1. Integrated enterprise resources planning systems management resources planning systems improved; information system, At least CNY 915 million 7 DLI 8. improved; 2. 430 staff of YTNE as of financial and risk raised for the program 2. Totally 250 staff of YTNE at October 2020 in total, management, social implementation from 2022. the end of the year (at least including 316 men and 114 and environment 20% women) women, with women safeguard with full accounting for 27%. staffing. 7
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Table 1-3 Environmental management related information
No. Subproject name Name of local branch of YTNE Name of contractor Name of CSCs information of its and name information of information of its environmental management environmental management environmental personnel personnel management personnel
Skid mounted high and medium Taiqian Yutian new energy Co., Hexiang Construction Henan Xinyunguang Engineering pressure regulating station in Ltd Engineering Co., Ltd Supervision Co., Ltd 3 Taiqian County Zhang Cong Qin Chaowei Guo Kaiji
Xiaojia village and Zijincheng 4 village in Lushan County
Medium pressure pipe network 5 outside villages
Deting Town, Jiuxian town and Songxian Yutian new energy Co., Hexiang Construction Henan Hengji times Construction Muzaling LNG gasification Ltd Engineering Co., Ltd Management Co., Ltd 7 station of Songxian Yutian new energy Co., Ltd. Li Zhiyan Qin Chaowei Wang Yuliang
Henan rural coal to gas project 9 (phase II)
Rural coal to gas installation in Minquan Yutian new energy Co., Hexiang Construction Henan Shuncheng Construction Minquan County (phase I) Ltd Engineering Co., Ltd Engineering Management Co., Ltd 13 Zhao Jingqi Lily Yao
Rural coal to gas installation in Zhengyang Yutian new energy Hexiang Construction Henan Shuncheng Construction Zhengyang County (phase I) Co., Ltd Engineering Co., Ltd Engineering Management Co., Ltd 14 Li Yan +86-18736621300 Zhang Tengfei
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II. INSTITUTIONAL SETUP AND RESPONSIBILITIES FOR EMP IMPLEMENTATION AND SUPERVISION
10. Local Subcomany of YTNEC is the project implementing unit (PIU) of each subproject. A PMO was established at YTNE. The EMP implementation arrangements and responsibilities of governmental organisations are summarized in Table 2-1.
11. Environmental staff within PMO and PIU. The PMO designated a qualified environment officer, who takes overall responsibility for supervising the implementation of the EMP, and update of the IEE and EMP if required after the detailed design. The officer works full-time for the project and takes charge of: (i) supervising the implementation of mitigation measures during project design, construction and operation; (ii) ensuring that environmental management, monitoring, and mitigation measures are incorporated into bidding documents, construction contracts and operation management manuals; (iii) submitting semi-annual EMP monitoring and progress reports to ADB; (iv) coordinating the GRM; and (v) responding to any unforeseen adverse impacts. The PMO Environment Officer is technically supported by the loan implementation consultant. The PIU nominated one qualified environment and social focal staff to check the overall implementation of environmental management provisions of the EMP and to work in close coordination with the PMO Environment Officer.
12. Loan implementation consultants. PMO engaged (i) loan implementation start-up consultant (environment) on a short-term basis, to assist the PMO with early establishment of the EMP immediately after project effectiveness, and (ii) a loan implementation environmental consultant (LIEC) and loan implementation social consultant (LISC), as part of the loan consultancy implementation services for the whole duration of the project. These consultants were recruited for intermittent (part-time) support. They support the PMO for capacity building for, and coordination of, the EMP implementation. The LIEC also supports contractors in developing construction site-specific environmental management plans (CEMPs) prior to construction and operation.
Table 2-1: Summary of Institutional Responsibilities for EMP Implementation
Organization Role and Responsibility
IA - -Coordinating and overseeing project preparation and implementation. - -Coordination of strategic issues at regional or national level. - -Providing policy guidance and facilitation during implementation. - -Facilitating interagency coordination with other involved parties at the regional level (and facilitate issues and decision making at the national level, if required). PMO - On behalf of IA, the main responsibilities of PMO include: - Contracting and administering contractors and suppliers. - Supervising construction and monitoring quality control. - Engaging a local EMA for environmental monitoring. - Engaging an LIC including a LIEC. - Ensuring compliance with EMP and RP. - Responding to any adverse impact beyond those foreseen in the EIA and ensuring that if there are any changes in scope, the EIA/EMP will be updated as needed. - Responding to requests from relevant agencies and ADB regarding the mitigation
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measures and environmental monitoring program. - Identifying and implementing O&M arrangements. - Take corrective actions if needed. - Prepare environmental monitoring reports semi-annually during construction and annually during operation. PIU - The PIU will be responsible for all project organization and implementation activities, including the following: - Updating EIA/EMP if needed, including EMoP. - -Ensuring that mitigation measures are included in engineering detailed design. - -Ensuring project’s compliance with loan and project agreements and safeguards requirements. - Managing the activities of the design institutes, procurement agents, and consultants in accordance with government and ADB regulations. - Coordination with concerned offices, including HPG, and with external contacts. - Taking part in capacity development and training. - Establishing and operating the project complaint center with hotline. - Overseeing the project program and activities of the IA in the implementation of the project outputs. - Monitoring the project’s physical and financial progress and compliance with project’s reporting requirements, ensuring project progress reports are prepared and submitted to ADB on time. - Preparing progress reports for submission to the IA and/or PMO. - -Coordinating the activities of and meeting the requirements of ADB’s review missions. Loan The LIEC will: Implementation Environmental - Review the updated EIA and EMP. Consultant - Confirm that mitigation measures have been included in detailed engineering design. (LIEC) - Review bidding documents to ensure that the EMP clauses are incorporated. - Review CEMPs to ensure compliance with the EMP. - Provide technical assistance and support to the PMO and contractors on mitigation measures and EMP implementation. - Deliver the construction and operation phase capacity building programs to the staff of the IA, PMO, and contractors. - Conduct site inspections in compliance with the environmental monitoring plan. - Review reports prepared by contractors and assist the PMO in preparing semiannual environmental monitoring reports. EMA - A qualified independent environmental monitoring station will be recruited to implement the ambient monitoring portion of the EMoP. Contractors - Ensure sufficient funding and human resources for proper and timely implementation of required mitigation and monitoring measures in the EMP and CEMPs throughout the construction phase. - Responsible for GRM operation during construction phase. Construction - Ensure sufficient funding and human resources for supervising and instructing supervision contractors for proper and timely implementation of required mitigation and monitoring company(ies) measures in the EMP and CEMPs throughout the construction phase. (CSCs) - Appoint an EHS officer to supervise and instruct contractors and their EHS officers for EMP and CEMPs implementation related to environment, occupational health and safety on construction site. - Prepare and submit quarterly EMP and CEMP monitoring reports to the PMO. ADB - Responsible for the following: - Review and clear the EIA and EMP and disclose on ADB website. - Approve updated EIA/EMP if appropriate and disclose on ADB website - Provide guidance to the executing and implementing agencies. - Conducting review missions. - Monitoring status of compliance with loan and project covenants, including safeguards.
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- Regularly updating the project information documents for public disclosure at ADB website, including the safeguards documents. CSC = construction supervision company, EHS = environment, health and safety, EMA = environment monitoring agency, EMP = environment management plan, GRM = grievance redress mechanism, LIEC = loan implementation environment consultant, PIU = project implementation unit, PMO =Project management office.
13. Before the construction activities commence, Contractor prepared and submitted other mitigation plans and method statements consistent with the EMP to Supervising Engineer (SE) for review and approval. Contract documents explicitly indicate the requirement of these plans and also state that all environmental protection measures should be included in the bid price.
14. Bidding documents and detailed design contracts are prepared and managed by the YTNE. Public consultations during the implementation of the EMP are arranged by the SE/PMO. The environmental specialist of YTNE examined the issued BDs and signed contracts. The environmental clauses have been incorporated into the design and procurement documents. The EMP has been attached in the BDs issued and civil works signed. The costs of all mitigation measures during construction have been covered in the issued bidding documents and signed contracts. The cost of civilized construction measures is included in the BOQs of all ten civil works contracts’ bidding documents (BDs). Contractor Environmental Specifications attached in the PAM are included in the signed contract. Standard environmental clauses and sub clauses have been applied in the Standard Conditions of Contract (SCCs) 2.3(9), SCCs 19.3, 31.3 and 66 in the ten civil works contracts. Contractors’ environmental monitoring reports are included in the SEs’ monthly contract progress reports and submitted monthly, as recommended in the PAM. YTNE and the loan implementation consultant review these monthly environmental monitoring reports and prepare quarterly environmental monitoring reports included in the Project quarterly progress reports. Contractor Environmental Specifications cover impacts on water resources, air quality, noise environment, traffic, adjoining properties, and utilities, human health and safety, flora and fauna, soil, disposal of waste, cultural heritage and other matters. The objective of these clauses is to reduce and manage all potential environmental impacts caused by the construction activities. Construction work is carried out by qualified contractors and relevant sub-contractors. Contractor is responsible for implementing the mitigation and monitoring measures defined in the EMP. To meet these requirements each contractor has appointed an Environmental Officer to oversee this task who communicates closely with the rest of the team.
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III. ENVIRONMENTAL MITIGATION AND COMPENSATION MEASURES IMPLEMENTED IN THE REPORTING PERIOD
15. Potential environmental impacts of the Project and the mitigation measures during this reporting period are summarized in Tables 3-1. The implementation status of the mitigation measures are summarized in the last columns of the tables for comparison with the designed mitigation measures stated in the EMP. In summary, the mitigation measures have to date been implemented effectively. EMP requirements for each contract are confirmed generally good compliance during site visits, as shown in Tables 3-1.
16. Tables 3-1 list the potential impacts of the project components in the project areas during project preparation, design, construction and operation, and proposed mitigation measures. The mitigation measures were incorporated into detailed design, bidding documents, construction contracts and operational management manuals, by the design institutes (during detailed design) and contractors (during construction), under the supervision of the PMO and PIU Environment Officers and CSCs, with technical support from the LIECs. The effectiveness of these measures was evaluated based on environmental inspections and monitoring to determine whether they should be continued, improved, or adjusted.
Table 3-1: Implementation status of mitigation measures during this reporting period
Item Potential impacts / Mitigation measures Who Who Compliance status issues implements supervises during this reporting period
A. DESIGN AND PRE-CONSTRUCTION PHASES
Detailed design Institutional • At least 1 month before construction: (i) PMO, PIU IA Complied with stage strengthening for reconfirm the full-time status of the PMO EMP Implementation Environmental Officer; (ii) appoint at least one and supervision Environment Focal Staff in each PIU.
• At least 2 months before any construction, PMO engages LIEC.
• At least 2 months before any construction, provide training to all environmental staff for EMP implementation and supervision.
• Confirm that at least one certified EMA has been recruited for the project at least 2 months before any construction.
• Coronavirus (COVID-19) safety management – prescreening ahead of works. Establish early screening measures and procedures to ensure that all new project personnel are tested negative before commencing on-site work. See also requirements under occupational health and safety (Construction Phase, and Appendix 2) for preparation of a COVID-19 health and safety plan.
• Organize and conduct training on the project EMP for appropriate staffs of the PMO, IAs, PIU, contractors, and CSCs. 13
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Item Potential impacts / Mitigation measures Who Who Compliance status issues implements supervises during this reporting period
Updating EMP • PMO and PIU shall include this specific PMO, LIEC EEBs, ADB Not applicable requirement in all relevant tenders for construction, and O&M, of the cooling facilities tenders
• PMO and PIU shall explicitly assess that this requirement has been complied with in the bids received.
• PIU shall assess whether their existing (non ADB-funded) operations use R134a, and if so, assess the feasibility (including cost) of converting to coolants with lower climate impact such as R32 or R290.
Update the mitigation measures defined in this EMP
• Update the EMP as needed, based on the final detailed designs.
• Submit the updated EMP to ADB for review.
Changes in project locations or scope
• In case of major changes of project location and/or additional physical components, form a DEIA team to conduct additional DEIA and public consultation. The revised DEIA will be submitted to local EEBs and ADB for approval and disclosure. ADB will determine if the change is minor or major.
Item Potential impacts / Mitigation measures Who Who Compliance status issues implements supervises during this reporting period
Environmental • Prior to construction, the PMO or PIU will hire PMO, PIU, PMO, PIU Complied with monitoring plan an EMA for environmental monitoring. EMA
• Prepare detailed monitoring plan in accordance with the monitoring plan in this EMP.
Bidding and contract • Mitigation measures in the EMP are DIs, PMO, LIEC, EPD, Complied with documents incorporated in all bidding documents. PMOs EEBs, ADB
• Bidding documents are sent to ADB for review.
• Prepare environmental contract clauses for contractors.
EMP training • LIEC, or invited environment specialists and/or LIEC PMO, EEB Complied with Construction officials from EEBs provide training on Preparation construction environmental management, implementation, supervision, to contractors and CSCs, in accordance with the training plan in this EMP.
Establish GRM • Responsibility for GRM implementation is PMO, PIU LIEC Complied with assigned to the PMO and PIU Environmental Officers and Social Officers and is included in their terms of reference.
• PMO and PIU personnel will be aware of, and trained in, the GRM, and will help support the environmental and social officers when necessary.
• Key contact details for the GRM (phone number, WeChat, address, email) will be provided on the 15
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Item Potential impacts / Mitigation measures Who Who Compliance status issues implements supervises during this reporting period
PMO, IA and/or EEB public websites and information boards at construction sites.
Site EMPs • Prior to any works, prepare site-specific EMP for Contractor CSC Complied with individual construction sites
• Review and ensure site EMP complies with the PMO, PIU LIEC Complied with measures in this EMP
B. CONSTRUCTION PHASE
Topography and Earthwork, soil • During earthworks, the area of soil exposed to Contractor CSC, PIU, Complied with Soils erosion, soil potential erosion at any time will be minimized PMO, EEB, contamination through good project and construction WRB, management practices LIEC • Spoil will be covered with landscape material and/or regularly watered.
• Construction activities will be limited or halted during periods of rains and high winds.
• Pipe jacking technology will be adopted to minimum the excavation activities.
• Pipelines will be installed and backfilled in a sequenced section-by-section approach. Open excavation areas during trenching activities will be minimized, and appropriate construction compaction techniques utilized. Spoil will be 100% backfilled as soon as possible
• Once construction is complete disturbed
Item Potential impacts / Mitigation measures Who Who Compliance status issues implements supervises during this reporting period
surfaces will be properly restored.
Ambient Air Dust generated by • Spraying of water daily on construction sites Contractor CSC, PIU, Complied with construction where fugitive dust is being generated. PMO, LIEC activities, gaseous air pollution (SO2, CO, • Transport vehicles will be limited to low speeds NOx) from in construction sites. construction machinery and • Loads will be covered during truck pipeline laying transportation to avoid spillage or fugitive dust generation. Fine materials will be transported in fully contained trucks.
• Transport routes and delivery schedules will be planned to avoid densely populated and sensitive areas, and high traffic times
• Store petroleum or other harmful materials in appropriate places and cover to minimize fugitive dust and emission
• Provide regular maintenance to vehicles in order to limit gaseous emissions (to be done off-site)
• Ensure vehicle and machinery emissions comply with PRC standards of GB18352-2005, GB17691-2005, GB11340-2005, and GB18285- 2005.
• Disturbed site will be revegetated as soon as possible after the completion of works.
• iv)v) Provide appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) to workers to minimize risks, 17
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Item Potential impacts / Mitigation measures Who Who Compliance status issues implements supervises during this reporting period
including ear protection for high-noise environment and masks for welding
• Timely monitoring of air quality and inspections during construction, as defined in the project EMP (EMP).
Noise Noise generated • Construction activities will be planned in Contractor CSC, PIU, Complied with from construction consultation with local authorities and PMO, LIEC activities communities so that activities with the greatest potential to generate noise and vibration are planned during periods of the day that will result in the least disturbance.
• Construction activities, and particularly noisy ones, are to be limited to reasonable hours during the day and early evening. Construction activities will be strictly prohibited during the nighttime (22:00 h to 07:00 h). Exceptions will only be allowed in special cases, and only after getting approval of the surrounding residents, local EPB and other relevant departments. And nearby residents should be notified of such night time activities well in advance.
• Low-noise equipment will be selected as much as possible. Equipment and machinery will be equipped with mufflers and will be properly maintained to minimize noise.
• Noise PPE will be provided to workers to meet the requirements in occupational exposure limits for hazardous agents in work place Part 2:
Item Potential impacts / Mitigation measures Who Who Compliance status issues implements supervises during this reporting period
physical agents (GBZ 2.2-2007) and EHS Guidelines.
• Transportation routes and delivery schedules will be planned during detailed design to avoid densely populated and sensitive areas and high traffic times.
• Vehicles transporting construction materials or waste will slow down and not use their horn when passing through or nearby sensitive locations, such as residential communities, schools and hospitals.
• Special attention will be paid to protect sensitive sites near the component site: High noise construction activities will be positioned as far away from sensitive sites as possible.
• Noise from cleaning of pipelines will be minimized by utilization of low noise valves, mufflers after the valves and sound insulation.
Soil and water Impact from • Contractors will develop relevant measures on Contractor CSC, PIU, Complied with pollution wastewater pollution controlling the oil and other chemicals as part of PMO, LIEC their site EMPs.
• Wastewater from construction activities will be collected in sedimentation tanks, and then recycled as irrigation water.
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Item Potential impacts / Mitigation measures Who Who Compliance status issues implements supervises during this reporting period
• All necessary measures will be undertaken to prevent construction materials and waste from entering drains and water bodies.
• Maintenance of construction equipment and vehicles will not be allowed on sites to reduce wastewater generation. All construction machinery will be repaired and washed at special repairing shops.
• Storage facilities for fuels, oil, and other hazardous materials will be within secured areas on impermeable surfaces and provided with sorbent mats and cleanup installations.
• Contractors’ fuel suppliers must be properly licensed, who shall follow proper protocol for transferring fuel and the PRC standard of JT618-2004 (Transportation, Loading and Unloading of Dangerous or Harmful Goods. revised).
Solid Waste Solid waste • Littering by workers will be prohibited. Contractor CSC, PIU, Complied with generated by PMO, LIEC construction activities • Domestic waste containers will be used for and from workers’ domestic waste collection at construction sites. camps Domestic waste will be collected on a regular basis by the local sanitation departments and transported for recycling, reuse, or disposal at a licensed landfill, in accordance with relevant PRC regulations and requirements.
• Construction waste dumpsters will be provided
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at all work sites. Construction waste will be collected on a regular basis by a licensed waste collection company and transported for recycling, reuse, or disposal at a licensed landfill, in accordance with relevant PRC regulations and requirements.
• There should be no final waste disposal on site. Waste incineration at or near the site is strictly prohibited.
• Contractors will be held responsible for proper removal and disposal of any significant residual materials, wastes, spoil that remain on the site after construction.
• CONTRACTOR PERFORMANCE TARGET: No uncollected waste at close of construction activities each day
Ecology Impacts on fauna • Clearance of vegetation will be restricted to Contractor CSC, PIU, Complied with and flora specific construction sites. PMO, LIEC
• Prior to construction, vegetation and habitats will be clearly demarcated as no-go zones for workers and machinery.
• Cleared sites will be immediately re-vegetated afterward.
• All plantation activities under the landscaping activities will only use native plant species. In the event that non-native seedlings are required for rapid stabilization of exposed soils and sites, 21
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only sterile seedlings (i.e., which cannot propagate) will be used, to prevent the spread of weeds.
• To reduce the risk of spreading weeds, pest animals, and/or soil-based organisms, the project will: (a) prohibit the use of any plant species classified in the PRC as weeds – including native species – as defined by the Research Center for Biological Prevention and Control of Alien Invasion (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs) and Institute of Plant Protection (Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences), available at http://www.chinaias.cn/wjPart/index.aspx
Physical cultural Damage to known or Implement the following chance-find procedure Contractor PIU, LIEC, Complied with. No resources unknown above or at all sites: cultural relic physical cultural below-ground cultural bureau resources was relics • Prior to works, conduct a cursory check of the identified site and ground cover to assess what physical human objects – if any – are present e.g., graves, artifacts, temples, etc.
• Contractor is to immediately report these to the CSC and PIU.
• If an artefact is found, stop works immediately. Notify the CSC and PIU.
• The PIU notify the PMO and Cultural Relics Bureau.
• No further work at the site will be conducted
Item Potential impacts / Mitigation measures Who Who Compliance status issues implements supervises during this reporting period
under the Cultural Relics Bureau provides specific guidance on how to proceed with next steps.
Community and Community • Traffic management. A traffic management plan Contractor, CSC, PIU, Complied with occupational consultation, health, will be prepared by the contractor. The plan will CSC PMO, LIEC health and safety and safety include provisions for diverting or scheduling construction traffic, regulating traffic at road crossings, selecting transport routes to reduce disturbance to regular traffic, reinstating roads, and opening them to traffic as soon as the construction is completed.
• Underground facilities survey and protection. Pipeline construction activities will be planned so as to minimize disturbances to utility services. If any utilities are disturbed by the construction activities, they will be rectified immediately by the contractor in coordination with the utility provider. During this rectification period, the users will be provided with alternatives such as the provision of water supply through tankers if the water supply pipes are broken.
• Information disclosure and public consultation. Villagers, residents, and businesses will be informed in advance through media, information boards, and public consultations (Section VII), including the dates, duration, and scope of planned works.
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placed at construction sites in view of the public, informing people about the project GRM, and warning people against potential dangers such as moving vehicles, hazardous materials, and excavations, and raising awareness on safety issues. Heavy machinery will not be used at night. All sites will be secured, disabling access by the public through appropriate fencing whenever appropriate.
• Excavated sites and protection. Pipeline construction activities will be planned so as to minimize disturbances to utility services. Open trenches will be fenced and cordoned off to prevent access by the general public and reduce the risk of persons accidentally falling in.
Occupational health • Prepare environmental, health and safety plan, Contractor CSC, PIU, Complied with and safety to include: (i) clean and sufficient supply of fresh PMO, LIEC water for construction sites, camps, offices; (ii) sufficient latrines and other sanitary arrangements at construction sites and work camps; (iii) garbage receptacles and regular emptying; and (iv) provision of safety clothing and equipment as needed, in accordance with health and safety regulations.
• Prepare emergency response plan and submit to PMO and EEB for approval. Establish emergency phone links with township hospitals. Maintain a first-aid base in each construction camp.
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• Establish a records management system for occupational accidents, diseases, incidents that: (a) includes a tracking system to ensure that incidents are followed-up; (b) can easily retrieve records; and (c) can be used during compliance monitoring and audits. The system will be backed up on at least one external hard drive to protect records against loss or damage. The records will be reviewed during compliance monitoring and audits.
• Establish worker camps in conformance with relevant domestic guidelines.
• Safety communication. Publicize occupational health and safety matters to all project personnel. Install on-site signs and give regular training.
• Train all workers in basic sanitation, health and safety matters, and work hazards. Implement awareness and prevention program for HIV/AIDS and other diseases – target the local community and construction workers.
• Provide personal protection equipment to workers as needed, e.g. safety boots, helmets, gloves, protective clothing, goggles, ear protection.
• Asbestos. In the event that materials containing asbestos are suspected: (i) the contractor will immediately inform the PIU, who will inform the 25
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PMO; (ii) the contractor will subcontract the municipal center for hazardous waste, who will be responsible for the safe handling, transport, and disposal of the materials; (iii) such materials will only be disposed in a landfill site certified and designed to receive hazardous materials.
• COVID-19. Prepare and implement a coronavirus (COVID-19) health and safety plan to address COVID-19 health risks. The plan will be prepared in line with government regulations and guidelines on COVID-19 prevention and control, and in consultation with public health agencies in the area. The plan will include (i) measures to record the locations that workers have visited/lived immediately before and during project work; (ii) schedules for disinfecting/cleaning offices, and rented labor houses; (iii) measures to implement temperature checks and other health checks on-site; (iii) physical distancing measures, particularly in rented houses camps; (iv) requirements for mandatory use of personal protective equipment such as facemasks, and provision of handwashing stations, hand sanitizers, and other appropriate protective measures; (v) how workers and residents living near project sites will be provided with information to protect themselves from COVID-19; (vi) procedures to be adopted in the event a worker is suspected of having contracted COVID-19; and (vii) other COVID-19 prevention and control measures
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appropriate for the local context.
CONTRACTOR PERFORMANCE TARGET: Emergency response plans in place and 100% of workers aware of emergency response procedures.
C. OPERATION PHASE
Wastewater Discharge of • Domestic waste water will be discharged to PIU PMO, LIEC, Complied with Domestic existing municipal sewage system for treatment EEB Wastewater
Waste Collection and • Domestic waste bins will be provided and PIU PMO, LIEC, Complied with Disposal domestic waste will be routinely collected by the EEB local sanitation department for recycling, if possible, or final disposal at an approved waste disposal site;
• Solid waste generated during operation especially maintenance will be recycled as much as possible;
• Hazardous waste generated during maintenance will be collected, transported and treated by a certified 3rd party hazardous waste treatment company.
Occupational Occupational health • Operation phase EHS plan will be developed PIU PMO, LIEC, Complied with Health and Safety and safety and implemented and workers will be trained EEB regularly on their implementation;
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• Training will be provided to workers on occupational health and safety, and emergency response and regularly drilled;
• During operation, the transferred gas will be filled with additives (tetrahydrothiophene) to warn the nearby persons of the leakage; and
• During operation, routine inspection will be implemented by the staff with leakage detection equipment.
Community Community Health • The subproject will prepare emergency PIU PMO, LIEC, Complied with Health and Safety and Safety response plan based on relevant PRC laws and EEB regulation;
• The nearby communities and villages will be informed of the potential risks and the emergency response plan
Emergency Emergency A draft emergency risk and response has been PIU PMO, LIEC, Complied with Response Response established in accordance with the “National EEB Environmental Emergency Plan” (24 January 2006), other relevant PRC laws, regulations and standards, as well as World Bank EHS Guidelines and ADB’s SPS 2009 and will include measures in the World Bank EHS guidelines with respect to occupational and community health and safety. The plan must be established and in place before the plant is operational.
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Indicative plan requirements are as follows:
− Procedures for responding to different types of emergency situations will be identified in the response plan.
− Emergency exercises will be conducted and they should include different emergency scenarios.
Training Requirements
− Appropriate operating and maintenance employees will be trained to ensure that they are knowledgeable of the requirements of emergency response plan. Training will be provided as follows:
− Initial training to all employees before the pipelines are put in operation.
− When emergency response procedures have been updated or revised.
Annual Emergency Simulation
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conducted at least annually.
Communication with Public Officials
• When an emergency resulting in a hazard to the public safety occurs, the local fire department, police, the city medical emergency center and other relevant public officials should be notified. An emergency call list will be prepared and make it available at the plant control room.
COVID-19 = coronavirus disease, CSC = construction supervision company, EEB = ecology and environment bureau, EMA = environmental monitoring agency; LIEC = loan implementation environment consultant, PIU = project implementation unit, PMO = Project management office.
Table 3-2: Implementation status of COVID 19 – PROJECT Health & safety plan
Item Good Practices Who Who Compliance status implements supervises during this reporting period
Awareness • Preparation of awareness materials on COVID-19 e.g., signs, Contractor CSC, PIU Complied with materials posters
• Installation of awareness signs at work sites, for visibility to workers and the general public
Detection • Control and document the entry/exit to the work site for both Contractor CSC, PIU Complied with Measures workers and other parties.
• Prevent sick workers from entering the site through checking temperatures of workers and other people entering the site. Require self-
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reporting prior to entering the site.
• All workers will take their body temperature regularly.
Physical • Keep a distance of at least 1 meter between workers and minimize Contractor CSC, PIU Complied with Distancing physical contact, ensure strict control over external access, and queue measures management (marking on the floor, barriers).
• Reduce density of people in the building (no more than 1 person per every 10 square metres), physical spacing at least 1 meter apart for construction sites and operation sites and common spaces, such as entrances/exits, lifts, pantries/canteens, stairs, where congregation or queuing of employees or visitors/clients might occur.
• Avoid crowding by staggering working hours to reduce the congregation of employees at common spaces such as entrances or exits.
• Implement or enhance shift or split-team arrangements, or teleworking.
• Minimize the movement of local workers in and out of the site (e.g., avoid workers returning home to medium and/or high risk areas, or returning to site form medium and/or high risk area areas).
• Minimize the workers’ contact with local community.
Respiratory • All workers should wear a face mask. Contractor CSC, PIU Complied with measures • If a worker is sick, they should not come to work if a member of staff or a worker feels unwell while at work, provide a medical mask so that they may get home safely.
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and disposal
Hand Hygiene • Regular and thorough handwashing with soap and water or hand Contractor CSC, PIU Complied with measures: hygiene with alcohol-based hand-rub.
• Hand hygiene stations, such as hand washing and hand rub dispensers, should be put in prominent places around the workplace and be made accessible to all staff, contractors, clients or customers, and visitors to promote hand hygiene
Cleaning and • Cleaning and Disinfection off all site facilities, including offices, Contractor CSC, PIU Complied with Disinfection accommodation, canteens and common spaces:
• Cleaning (soap, water, and mechanical action) to remove dirt, debris, and other materials from surfaces. Disinfection of dirty surfaces and objects only after cleaning.
• Disinfectant solutions must always be prepared and used according to the manufacturer’s instructions, including instructions to protect the safety and health of disinfection workers, use of personal protective equipment, and avoiding mixing different chemical disinfectants.
• Provide appropriate PPEs to the cleaners.
• Manage the waste as the medical waste, and dispose of it in accordance with local regulations.
Response • Workers who are unwell or who develop symptoms consistent with Contractor CSC, PIU Complied with measures if COVID-19 to stay at home, self-isolate, and contact a medical professional workers found or the local COVID-19 information line for advice on testing and referral with COVID-19 (consider telemedicine and flexible sick leave policy). symptoms • Standard operating procedures to be prepared to manage a person who becomes sick at the workplace and is suspected of having
Item Good Practices Who Who Compliance status implements supervises during this reporting period
COVID-19, including isolation, contact tracing and disinfection.
• People who were in close contact at the workplace with persons with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 should be quarantined for 14 days from the last time of the contact in accordance with WHO recommendations.
• Set out differentiated procedures for the treatment of sick persons, based on the case severity. Pay workers throughout periods of illness, isolation or quarantine.
• Set aside a part of worker accommodation for precautionary self- quarantine.
• Establish communications with local medical services and refer sick workers to there.
Adjusting Work • Consider changes to work processes and timings to minimize Contractor CSC, PIU Complied with Practices and contact between workers (e.g., decreasing the size of work team, changing Manage Work to a 24-hour work rotation). Related Travels • Cancel or postpone non-essential travel to areas with community transmission of COVID-19.
• Provide hand sanitizer to workers who must travel, advise workers to comply with instructions from local authorities where they are travelling, as well as information on whom to contact if they feel ill while travelling.
• Workers returning from an area where COVID-19 transmission is occurring should monitor themselves for symptoms for 14 days and take their temperature twice a day; if they are feeling unwell, they should stay at home, self-isolate, and contact a medical professional. 33
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Communication • Carefully manage the relations with the community with clear and Contractor CSC, PIU Complied with and Contact regular communication. with the Community • Made aware of the procedures put in place at the site to address issues related to COVID-19.
• Practice social distancing with the local community.
Risk • Provide posters, videos, and electronic message boards to Contractor CSC, PIU Complied with communication, increase awareness of COVID-19 among workers and promote safe training, and individual practices at the workplace, engage workers in providing education feedback on the preventive measures and their effectiveness.
• Provide regular information about the risk of COVID-19 using official sources, such as government agencies and WHO, and emphasize the effectiveness of adopting protective measures and counteracting rumors and misinformation.
• Train the workers on procedures in place by the project, and their own responsibilities in implementing them.
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IV. SUMMARY OF ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING
A. Environmental Monitoring plan and responsibilities
21. Three types of project monitoring should be conducted under the EMP: (i) internal monitoring – to be conducted by the PIU and the CSCs; (ii) external monitoring – of air, and noise standards –conducted by the EMA; and (iii) compliance monitoring – conducted by the LIEC, to ensure the EMP is being implemented.
22. The monitoring program (Table 4-1) describes the scope of monitoring, parameters, time and frequency, implementing and supervising agencies, and estimated costs. The applicable standards to be followed on ambient air, surface water, noise, and the pollutant discharges are given in Table 4-2.
23. Internal monitoring. During the construction phase, the CSCs and the PIU were responsible for conducting the internal environmental monitoring in accordance with the monitoring plan. Results were reported through the CSC monthly reports to the PIU and PMO.
24. External monitoring. The PMO or PIU will contract and fund at least one EMA to conduct the external environmental monitoring described in Table 4-1. A detailed cost breakdown will be provided by EMAs tendering for this work. The external monitoring will be conducted during the entire construction phase and first full year of operation of the relevant facility. The EMA will prepare semi-annual monitoring reports of the methods and results. The EMA will submit these to the PMO, PIU, and ADB at the same time, to ensure independence.
25. Compliance monitoring for EMP. The LIEC reviews project progress and compliance with the EMP based on field visits, consultations with the PMO and PIU environment officers, contractors, and CSCs, and review of the monitoring reports by the CSCs and EMA(s). The site visits include comparison of the works and conditions observed with the EMP mitigation and monitoring measures in Tables EMP-2 and EMP-4. The site visits include, but not be limited to: visual inspection of worker and construction solid waste at worker camps and work sites; evidence of soil erosion, water pollution, and sewage; community and occupational health and safety (camp hygiene, availability of clean water); and, evidence that emergency response plans are in place and that workers are familiar with them. There is no set frequency for these inspections: the LIEC makes site visits as often as possible within the available budget, focused especially on periods of peak construction. The findings of the LIEC are reported to ADB through the semi-annual environment monitoring reports.
26. Semi-annual environment monitoring reports. The PMO submits these reports to IA. They include: (i) progress made in EMP implementation, (ii) overall effectiveness of the EMP implementation (including public and occupational health and safety), (iii)
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27. Project completion environmental audits. Within three months after each subproject completion, or no later than a half year with permission of the local EEBs, environmental acceptance monitoring and audit reports of each subproject completion shall be: (i) prepared by a licensed environmental monitoring institute (usually, the institute is the municipal, district, or county environmental monitoring station under the municipal, district, or county EEB) in accordance with the PRC Guideline on Project Completion Environmental Audit (2001); (ii) reviewed for approval of the official commencement of individual subproject operation by environmental authorities; and (iii) reported to ADB through the semi-annual environment monitoring reports.
28. Quality assurance (QA) /quality control (QC) for compliance monitoring. To ensure accuracy of the monitoring, QA/QC procedures will be conducted in accordance with the following regulations:
i) Regulations of QA/AC Management for Environmental Monitoring issued by the State Environmental Protection Administration in July 2006;
ii) QA/QC Manual for Environmental Water Monitoring (Second edition), published by the State Environmental Monitoring Centre in 2001; and
iii) QA/QC Manual for Environmental Air Monitoring published by the State Environmental Monitoring Centre in 2001.
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Table 4-1: Implementation Status of Environmental Reporting Plan
Compliance Frequency of status during Report From To Reporting this reporting period
A. Construction Phase
Internal progress reports CSC PIU Monthly Complied with
External environment Complied with EMA PMO, PIU Semi-annual monitoring reports
Within three months Not applicable Environmental acceptance Licensed EEB, PMO, after component monitoring and audit reports institute PIU completion
Environmental monitoring Complied with report. To include the PMO ADB Semi-annual external environment monitoring reports
B. Operation Phase
EMP progress reports PMO IA Semi-annual Not applicable
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Table 4-2: Implementation Status of Environmental Monitoring Program for “Internal” and “External” Monitoring. See text for description of “compliance monitoring”.
Compliance Compliance Standard status during Subject Parameter* Location Frequency Implement Supervise this reporting period
CONSTRUCTION STAGE
1. Internal monitoring – by the contractors, CSCs, and PMO and PIU Environment Officers
Ambient air Compliance with dust Visual inspection 1 time / month PRC GB 3095-2012 Contractor, PMO, LIEC Complied with quality mitigation measures (Table at all construction and EHS CSC, PIU 4-1) sites guidelines. See IEE tables II-7.
Noise LAeq: measured with hand- Construction site 1 time / month PRC GB12523- CSC, PIU, Complied with held meter boundary 2011; GB12348- LIEC 2008. See IEE Contractor performance Tables II-15 and II- targets: (i) noise level 16. meets standard at site PMO, LIEC boundary; (ii) for 425 households most at risk from the construction noise, the installed noise barriers reduce noise levels by at least 80%1
Solid waste Garbage and construction Visual inspection 1 time / month NA Contractor, Complied with wastes at all construction CSC, PIU sites PMO, EEB, Contractor performance Sanitation target: no uncollected bureau waste at end works each day
Compliance Compliance Standard status during Subject Parameter* Location Frequency Implement Supervise this reporting period
Soil erosion Soil erosion intensity and Visual inspection 1 time / month; NA Contractor, PMO, LIEC Complied with survival rate of re- at all construction and immediately CSC, PIU vegetation sites after heavy rainfall
Occupation Camp hygiene, safety, Visual inspection 1 time / month NA Contractor, PMO Complied with al health availability of clean water, at all construction CSC, PIU and safety EMRs sites
Contractor performance target: camps clean, EMRs in place; 100% of workers aware of EMR procedures
2. External monitoring – by a certified environment monitoring agencies
Constructio SS, oil, pH At wastewater 4 times/year PRC GB3838-2002 EMA EEB, PMO To be n discharge points during and GB8978-1996. complied with wastewater of construction construction sites
Ambient air TSP Construction sites 4 times / year World Bank EHS EMA EEB, PMO, To be quality (at least 1 point during standard. LIEC complied with upwind, 1 point construction downwind)
Noise LAeq Boundaries of 4 times / year PRC GB12523- EMA EEB, PMO, To be construction sites (twice a day: 2011 and LIEC complied with once in day time GB12348-2008. and once at night time, for 2 consecutive 39
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Compliance Compliance Standard status during Subject Parameter* Location Frequency Implement Supervise this reporting period
days)
OPERATION PHASE – internal monitoring, by PIU
Domestic Compliance inspection to of Operation site Semi-annually NA PIU PMO, EEB Not applicable waste water operation phase domestic wastewater management measures implementation
Domestic Compliance inspection to of Operation site Semi-annually NA PIU PMO, EEB Not applicable waste operation phase solid waste management measures implementation
Health and Compliance inspection of Operation site Semi-annually NA PIU PMO, EEB Not applicable operation phase Safety and occupational and Emergency community health and safety management Response measures and an Emergency Response Plan implementation
BOD5 = 5-day biochemical oxygen demand; CODcr = chemical oxygen demand; CSC = construction supervision company; EMA = environmental monitoring agency; EMR = emergency response plan; EEB = ecology and environment bureau; HCl = hydrochloric acid, IA = implementation agency; LAeq = equivalent continuous A-weighted sound pressure level; NA= not applicable; NH3-N = ammonia nitrogen; NOx = nitrogen oxide; OPF = operator of project facility; PM10 = particles measuring <10μm; PIU = project implementation unit; PMO = project management office; SO2 = sulfur dioxide; SS = suspended solids; TSP = total suspended particle, WWTP = wastewater treatment plant. 1 Compared by measuring noise on each side of the noise barrier with a hand-held meter. 2 Parameters selected to measure potential odors and odors (from stockpiled waste). * In the event that monitoring detects that standards are exceeded: (i) this will be immediately reported to the PMO and operator of the project facility; (ii) actions will be taken within one week to address the issue; (iii) compliance with standards will be confirmed by immediate subsequent testing; and (iv) all issues will be included in the environment monitoring reports from the PMO to ADB.
B. Training and Capacity Building
29. The PMO and implementing agencies have no previous experience with ADB- funded projects or safeguard requirements. The experience of individual staff within the city, the district and county EEBs for environmental management varies considerably. Domestic EIAs and project approvals generally include limited mitigation measures, but there is not yet a regulatory requirement in the PRC for EMPs of the scope required by ADB. Implementation of the current EMP represents a significant new task for the local agencies. During the project preparation phase, preliminary training on EMP implementation was provided by the TA Consultant, including roles and responsibilities of contractors and CSCs for EMP implementation, project impacts, and mitigation measures.
30. During implementation, a capacity building program is being implemented for safeguards and technical capacity for the designed components, including: (i) implementation of the EMP, including the mitigation measures, monitoring, and reporting; and (ii) operation and maintenance of the constructed facilities. Training will be provided by the loan implementation consultants and Ye County EEB, facilitated by the PMO and PIU. Trainees will include the PMO, implementing agencies, PIU, contractors, CSCs, and relevant local bureaus (including water resources, agriculture, forestry).
Table 4-3: Implementation Status of Project Environment Training Program
Compliance status during Training Topic Trainers Attendees Contents Times Days # Persons this reporting period
ADB and PRC laws, regulations and policies
− ADB’s Safeguard Policy Statement − Project applicable PRC environmental, health and safety laws, policies, standards and regulations 3 (once prior to Construction − International environmental, health and safety Complied with. start of Phase Contractors, management practice in civil irrigation and drainage Once in construction, Environment, PMO, construction October 2020 LIEC and then once 2 30 Health and GRM for half day, during second Safety IA, EA about 15 and third Training − GRM structure, responsibilities, and timeframe attendees years) − Types of grievances and eligibility assessment Implementation of Construction Phase EMP
− Impacts and mitigation measures − Monitoring and reporting requirements − Non-compliance and corrective actions ADB and PRC laws, regulations and policies 3 (once prior to Operation start of Phase − ADB’s Safeguard Policy Statement operation, and Environment, − Project applicable PRC environmental, health and LIEC PMO, IA, EA then once 2 30 Not applicable Health and safety laws, policies, standards and regulations during second Safety Plan − International environmental, health and safety and third Training management practice in civil irrigation and drainage operation years) − 42
Compliance status during Training Topic Trainers Attendees Contents Times Days # Persons this reporting period
GRM
− GRM structure, responsibilities, and timeframe − Types of grievances and eligibility assessment Implementation of Operation Phase EMP
− Impacts and mitigation measures − Monitoring and reporting requirements Non-compliance and corrective actions
Total 6 60
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C. Public Consultation and Awareness Raising
31. Information disclosure and public consultation were conducted during project preparation. During construction, the project continues to seek public consultation and raise awareness of project activities; especially those may impact the public. The public consultation plan is in Table 4-4 and includes public participation in evaluating environmental benefits and impacts. The PMO Environment Officer and Social Officer are responsible for public participation during project implementation, supported by the PIU and LIEC.
Table 4-4: Implementation Status of Public Consultation and Participation Plan
Compliance status during Organizer Approach Times/Frequency Subjects Participants this reporting period
Construction
PMO, Questionnaire Once a year Construction Workers, Complied with PIU, LIEC survey, site during peak impacts; residents in visits, construction adjusting construction informal mitigation areas interviews measures if necessary; feedback
Site-specific At least one Anticipated risks Complied with basis month before the – noise, odor, start of other; construction at any new site Procedures in the event of interruptions to water and wastewater services
Public At least once EMP Residents, Complied with workshops during peak implementation affected and hearing construction progress; persons, period construction social sectors impacts; adjusting mitigation measures if necessary; feedback
Operation
PMO, PIU Consultation At least once in Effects of Affected Not applicable and site visits first year of mitigation persons operation measures, and/or impacts of agencies operation,
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Compliance status during Organizer Approach Times/Frequency Subjects Participants this reporting period
feedback
Public survey At least once after Comments and Project Not applicable 1 year of suggestions beneficiaries operation
EIA = environmental impact assessment, PIU = project implementation unit, PMO = project management office, LIEC = loan implementation environmental consultant.
D. Performance Indicators
32. Performance indicators (Table 4-5) have been developed to assess the implementation of the EMP. These indicators will be used to evaluate the effectiveness of environmental management during the subproject implementation.
Table 4-5: Implementation Status of Performance Indicators
Compliance No. Description Indicators status during this reporting period
Complied with for (i) and (ii). (i) PMO and PIU established with appropriately qualified staff including Environmental Officer. The 3rd party 1 Staffing (ii) Appropriately qualified environmental expert environmental recruited if needed. monitoring entity to (iii) 3rd party environmental monitoring entity be engaged in the engaged. first half 2021
(i) Environment mitigation cost during construction Complied with and operation is sufficiently and timely allocated. 2 Budgeting (ii) Environment monitoring cost is sufficiently and timely allocated. (iii) Budget for capacity building is sufficiently and timely allocated. Being complied with, while the 3rd party 3 Monitoring (i) Compliance monitoring is conducted by IA as environmental per EMoP. monitoring entity (ii) Construction phase and operation phase will be mobilized in ambient and effluent monitoring is conducted the first half 2021 by EMA.
4 Supervision (i) IA to review the implementation of EMP. Complied with (ii) ADB review missions.
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Compliance No. Description Indicators status during this reporting period
(i) Semi-annual environmental monitoring reports Complied with 5 Reporting during construction phase and annual reports operation phase prepared by the IA are submitted to EA and ADB.
Capacity (i) Training on ADB safeguard policy, EMP Complied with 6 Building implementation, and GRM is provided during subproject implementation. (i) GRM contact persons are designated at all IA Complied with Grievance and the PMO, and GRM contact information 7 Redress disclosed to the public before construction. Mechanism (ii) All complains are recorded and processed within the set time framework in the GRM of the IEE. Compliance Complied with (i) Project complies with the PRC’s environmental 8 with PRC laws and regulations and meets all required standards standards.
E. Monitoring Results and Assessment
1. Emission Discharge (Source) Monitoring Results
a. Results of Discharge (Source) Monitoring
33. YTNE and the SEs regularly inspect the environmental status of the project sites. Local Environmental Supervision Team, local EPB, also periodically conducted site inspections to check compliance status.
34. In June to December 2020, the loan implementation consultants visited the sites which were under construction.
b. Assessment
35. To date site audits and environmental checks have not identified any significant environmental impacts.
36. During site audits, it was found that the environmental monitoring and documentation should be further improved to ensure effective implementation of EMP.
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V. GRIEVANCE REDRESS MECHANISM
37. A project-specific grievance redress mechanism (GRM) was developed in compliance with ADB’s SPS (2009) requirement to address environmental, health, safety, and social concerns associated with project construction and operation. The GRM is designed to achieve the following objectives: (i) provide channels of communication for residents to raise concerns about environmental and social- related grievances which might result from the project; (ii) prevent and mitigate adverse environmental and social impacts to villages and communities caused by project construction and operation, including those associated with resettlement; (iii) promote trust and productive relationships between the project agencies and residents; and (iv) build community acceptance of the project. The GRM is accessible to all residents, including women, youth, minorities, and poverty-stricken households. Multiple points of entry are available, including face-to-face meetings, written complaints, telephone conversations, e-mail, WeChat and social media.
38. Grievances to be addressed by the GRM will most likely be of disturbances e.g. dust emissions, construction noise, soil erosion, pipeline constructions, inappropriate disposal of construction wastes, and/or safety measures for the protection of the public and construction workers. A separate GRM has been designed for the project for issues related to land occupation, as these generally require different procedures and timelines to resolve compared with environmental- related grievances.
39. Currently, in Ye County (and generally in the PRC), when residents or organizations are negatively affected by construction or development, they may complain, individually or through their village or community committee, to the
contractors, developers, the local EEB, or by direct appeal to the local courts. The weaknesses of this system are: (i) the lack of dedicated personnel to address grievances; and (ii) the lack of a specific timeframe for the redress of grievances. This project GRM addresses these weaknesses.
40. The GRM meets the regulatory standards of the PRC that protect the rights of citizens from construction-related environmental and/or social impacts. Decree No. 431 Regulation on Letters and Visits, issued by the State Council of PRC in 2005, codifies a complaint acceptance mechanism at all levels of government and protects the complainants from retaliation. Based on the regulation, the Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEE) 1 published updated Measures on Environmental Letters and Visits (Decree No. 15) in December 2010.
41. The details of the GRM, including a time-bound flow chart of procedures, are described below.
1 The new name for the MEP is Ministry of Ecology and Environment.
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42. This project grievance redress mechanism (GRM) is a joint GRM for: (i) the initial identification, documentation, and preliminary management of both environmental and social safeguard-related grievances; (ii) the resolving of environmental safeguard-related grievances; and (iii) the resolving of, and/or timely referral of, social safeguard-related grievances. Environmental and social safeguard- related grievances may differ considerably in the nature of grievances and agencies, procedures, and timing required to address them: the GRM provides a simple, time- based mechanism to meet project needs as required. Social safeguard issues beyond the scope of the GRM procedures, including issues related to land acquisition or resettlement, will be referred to relevant agencies as needed.
43. The GRM is designed to achieve the following objectives: (i) provide channels of communication for communities to raise concerns about environmental and social- related grievances which might result from the project; (ii) prevent and mitigate adverse environmental and social impacts to villages and communities caused by project construction and operation, including those associated with resettlement through improved awareness; (iii) promote trust between the project agencies and communities; and (iv) build community acceptance of the project. The GRM is accessible to all members of the villages and communities, including women, youth, minorities and poverty-stricken villagers and residents. Multiple points of entry are available, including face-to-face meetings, written complaints, telephone conversations, e-mail, and social media.
44. Environmental and social safeguard-related grievances may differ considerably in the nature of grievances and agencies, procedures, and timing required to address them. The GRM provides a simple, time-based mechanism to meet project needs as required. Social safeguard issues beyond the scope of the GRM procedures, including issues related to land acquisition or resettlement, will be referred to relevant agencies as needed.
45. The PMO Environment Officer and Social Officer and PIU Environment Officers and Social Officers will lead the coordination of the GRM. However, all project agencies and staff will be trained in the GRM and are expected to take an active role for implementing the GRM. At the PMO level, the PMO Environment Officer and PMO Social Officer will establish a GRM tracking and documentation system, conduct daily coordination with the PIU officers, arrange meetings and conduct site visits as necessary, maintain the overall project GRM database, and prepare the reporting inputs for progress reports to ADB. At the PIU level, the environment and social officers will instruct contractors and CSCs on the GRM procedures, and coordinate with the local EEBs and other government divisions as necessary. PMO and PIU staff will be trained and supported by the LIEC and loan implementation social consultant.
46. The contact persons for different GRM entry points, such as the PMO and PIU environmental and social officers, contractors, operators of project facilities, and EEBs, will be identified prior to construction. The contact details for the entry points (phone numbers, addresses, e-mail addresses) will be publicly disclosed on information boards at construction sites and on the websites of the local EEBs.
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47. The GRM will be accessible to diverse members of the villages and community, including more vulnerable groups such as women, minority and poor. Multiple points of entry, including face-to-face meetings, written complaints, telephone conversations, or e-mail, will be available.
48. If a complaint is received and filed, the PMO and PIU officers will identify if the complaint is eligible for management under the GRM. Eligible complaints under the GRM include those where: (i) the complaint pertains to the project; and (ii) the issues arising in the complaint fall within the scope of environmental and/or social issues that the GRM is authorized to address. Ineligible complaints include those where: (i) the complaint is not project-related; (ii) the nature of the issue is outside the mandate of the GRM (such as fraud or corruption); and/or (iii) other procedures would be more appropriate to address the issue. Ineligible complaints will be documented and provided to the relevant authorities and the complainant will be informed of these steps. The procedure and timeframe for the GRM is as follows and summarized in Figure 4-1.
• Stage 1 (5 calendar days): If a concern arises during construction or operation, the affected person may submit a written or oral complaint to the contractor (construction phase) or operator of the project facility (operation phase). The contractor will: (i) respectfully acknowledge the issue and immediately stop the causal activity (e.g. on-site construction causing high noise levels to a nearby household); (ii) not resume the activity until the complaint has been resolved; (iii) inform the PIU of the incident on the same day of the incident occurring and how the contractor has responded or will respond; (iv) give a clear reply to the affected person within two calendar days; and (v) as far as possible, resolve the problem within five calendar days from receiving the complaint. The PIU will: inform the PMO, local village committee, and Ecology and Environment Bureau of the incident within one working day of being informed by the contractor; and, subsequently keep these parties informed at all stages.
• Stage 2 (5 calendar days): If the issue cannot be resolved in Stage 1, after five calendar days, the PIU and/or PMO will take over responsibility. Eligibility of the complaint will be assessed and a recommended solution given to the complainant and contractors within two calendar days. If the solution is agreed by the complainant, the contractors and/or facility operators (in operation) will implement the solution within five calendar days from the PIU or PMO taking over responsibility of the complaint. Written records will be made of all stages and outcomes. At the expiration of Stage 2, PMO will inform ADB of the outcome.
• Stage 3 (10 calendar days): If no solution can be identified by the PMO and/or PIU, and/or the complainant is not satisfied with the proposed solution, the PMO and/or PMO will organize, within seven (7) calendar days, a stakeholder meeting (including the complainant, contractor and/or operator of the facility, EEB, PIU, PMO). A solution acceptable to all shall be identified including clear steps. The contractors (during construction) and facility operators (during operation) will immediately implement the agreed solution. All attempts will be made to fully resolve the issue within 15 calendar days. Written records will be made of all stages and outcomes. At the expiration of Stage 3, PMO will inform ADB of the outcome.
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49. The contractor and/or PIU will ensure the affected person is updated at all times, in each stage, of the progress toward resolving the grievance. The GRM does not affect the right of an affected person to submit their complaints to any agency they wish to, for example the local village committee, community leaders, courts, PMO, PIU, governments of Ye County, and/or ADB.
50. The PMO and PIU shall bear any and all costs of implementing the GRM, including meeting, travel, and/or accommodation costs of the project staff or affected person. The GRM will be implemented throughout project construction and at least the first year of operation for each project facility.
Figure 4-1: Operation Chart of the Grievance Redress Mechanism
Affected Person(s) Stage 1 Solution 5 days Complaint Complaint Implemented
IA, local EEB, Contractor, CSC Village committee Reporting
Unresolved Complaint Forwarded
Stage 2 PMO and/or PIU Environment 5 days and/or Social Officers
(recording and coordination) Unresolved Complaint Forwarded
Stakeholder Meeting PMO
Action Plan Reporting by PMO to ADB Stage 3 10 days Solution Implemented ADB
ADB = Asian Development Bank, CSC = construction supervision company, EEB = ecology and environmental bureau, GRM = grievance redress mechanism, IA = implementing agency, PMO = project management office.
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VI. KEY ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES AND NEXT-STEP ACTION PLAN
A. Key Issues Identified and Actions Recommended
51. Site audits and monitoring to date indicates that the EMP is being implemented and there are no significant environmental impacts.
Table 6- 1 Suggestions and Recommendations
Time Implementati Supervision No. Suggestions and recommendations Framework on Agencies Agencies a) More efforts are required on water Every civil works Contractors YTNE; and soil conservation to prevent soil contract construction erosion in the project completion completion stage supervision stage. It is recommended that water engineers (SEs) and soil conservation at borrow areas and construction waste disposal sites be better considered and strengthened to reduce soil erosion. c) It is necessary to strengthen training Every O&M units YTNE; SEs for the O&M environmental component monitoring, documentation and completion stage supervision, along with good practices of environment, healthy, and safety (EHS). d) More tailor-made training should be Every civil works Contractors; Local EPB provided for all relevant environmental contract management agencies to improve the completion stage SEs; environmental management, monitoring and reporting during YTNE; 3rd completion stage party
environment al monitoring entity
B. Action Plan of Environmental Monitoring
52. The 3rd party environmental monitoring entity will be mobilized in the first half 2021. The monitoring results are to be reported in next EMR due 31 July 2021..
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VII. CONCLUSION
A. Overall Progress of Implementation of Environmental Management Measures
53. Based on the environmental monitoring of the Project, it is found that YTNE and the contractors have undertaken relevant environmental mitigation measures specified in the project domestic EIA report and IEE, and have addressed issues to improve site environmental management and compliance with the EMP.
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APPENDIX
APPENDIX 1 Domestic EIA Approval of Skid mounted high and medium pressure regulating station in Taiqian County