Semi-Annual Environmental Monitoring Report July 1 – December 31, 2019
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Project Number: 45169-001 Loan Number: ADB Loan 3056-KGZ (SF) Grant Number: 0366-KGZ (SF) Semi-Annual Environmental Monitoring Report July 1 – December 31, 2019 Kyrgyz Republic: CAREC Corridor 3 Improvement Project (Bishkek – Osh road), Phase 4 (km 15.9-61) Financed by the Asian Development Bank Prepared by: Tatiana Volkova, National Environmental Specialist, EPTISA Servicios De Ingeniería S.L. EPTISA Muhendislik and RAM Engineering, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan: December 31, 2019 Prepared for: Investment Projects Implementation Group (IPIG) of the Ministry of Transport and Roads of the Kyrgyz Republic Endorsed by: [staff name of Implementing agency and signature] Submission date: January 2019 2 Table of Content 1. INTRODUCTION 8 1.1 Preamble 8 1.2 Headline Information 8 2. PROJECT DESCRIPTION AND CURRENT ACTIVITIES 10 2.1 Project Description 10 2.2 Project Contracts and Management 11 2.2.1 Scope of work 14 2.2.2 Main Organizations Involved in the Project 16 2.3 Project Activities During Current Reporting Period 18 2.3.1 Road Construction Works 18 2.3.2 Construction of bridges and culverts 21 2.3.3 Borrow-pits 24 2.3.4 The area of the plant 24 2.3.5 Workers camp at the villages of Sokuluk and Belovodsk 30 2.3.6 Tree Management 30 2.3.7 Information about personnel 31 2.4 Description of Any Project Changes 31 2.5 Changes to Project design and Construction Method 32 3. ENVIRONMENTAL SAFEGUARD ACTIVITIES 34 3.1 General description of environmental safeguard activities 34 3.1.1 Road construction works 34 3.1.2 Bridge construction 37 3.1.3 Borrow-pits 40 3.1.4 Production sites 43 3.1.5 Tree management 46 3.1.6 Construction works 46 3.1.7 Workers camps in the villages of Sokuluk and Belovodskoe 51 3.2 Site Audits 51 3.3 Issues Tracking (based on list of non-compliance) 59 3.3.1 Overview and description of issues tracking during the current period 65 Issues tracking 66 4. RESULTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING 68 2 3 4.1 Overview of Monitoring Conducted during Current Period 68 4.1.1 Noise and vibration monitoring 68 4.1.2 Monitoring of surface water 73 4.1.3 Air quality monitoring 75 4.2 Trends 76 4.3 Grievances of local residents 76 4.4 Summary of project outcome 81 4.5 Material/Resources Utilization 81 4.6 Waste Management 81 4.7 Health and Safety 87 4.7.1 Workers health and safety 87 4.7.2 Community health and safety 89 4.8 Trainings 90 5.FUNCTIONING OF THE CEMWP 92 5.1 CEMWP review. 92 6. GOOD PRACTICE AND OPPORTUNITY FOR IMPROVEMENT 93 6.1 Good Practice 93 6.2 Opportunities for Improvement 93 7. SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS 94 7.1 Summary 94 7.2 Recommendations 95 APPENDIX 1 PBMC COMPONENT 96 INTRODUCTION 99 1 Preamble 99 2 Basic Information 99 3. PROJECT DESCRIPTION AND CURRENT ACTIVITIES 100 3.1 Project description 100 3.2 Project Contracts and Management 103 4.ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVITIES 110 4.1 General description of environmental measures 110 4.2 Environmental safeguard measures 110 4.3 Emergency procedures and contingency plan 110 4.4 Traffic management plan 110 4.5 Audit of construction sites 111 3 4 4.7 Unanticipated environmental impacts of risks 112 5.RESULTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING 113 5.1 Review of the monitoring conducted during the reporting period 113 5.2 Waste Management 113 5.3 Health and Safety 114 5.3.1 Health and Safety of local community 114 5.3.2 Occupational health and safety of workers 114 APPENDIX 2 115 List of Figures: Figure 1 Bishkek-Kara-Balta road section, of the Bishkek-Osh Road (Source: Hagler Bailly, Pakistan, 2016) .......................................................................................................................... 9 Figure 2 Project Organization structure and Management .......................................................13 Figure 3 Removing of old asphalt and unsuitable soil................................................................18 Figure 4 Lying of asphalt ...........................................................................................................18 Figure 5 Construction of “New Jercey” type parapet fencing .....................................................18 Figure 6 Construction of sidewalks ............................................................................................19 Fidure 7 Installation of culvert chutes ........................................................................................19 Figure 8 Construction and rehabilitation of underground crossings ...........................................20 Figure 9 Road water sprinkling ..................................................................................................20 Figure 10 Construction of Ak-Suu bridge...................................................................................21 Figure 11 Construction of Sokuluk bridge ..................................................................................21 Figure 12 Bridge construction at the mudflow canal from the Ak-Suu River ..............................22 Figure 13 Brdige construction at Krepostnoy canal ...................................................................22 Figure 14 Brdige construction at Jantai canal ............................................................................23 Figure 15 Construction of culvert pipes .....................................................................................23 Figure 16 Production site ..........................................................................................................25 Figure 17 Stone-crushing plant .................................................................................................25 Figure 18 Concrete mixing plant ...............................................................................................26 Figure 19 Polygon for production of reinforced concrete products .............................................27 Figure 20 Aspahlt-bitumen plant ...............................................................................................28 Figure 21 Drums with bitumen and empty drums at the plant area ............................................28 Figure 22 Workers camp ...........................................................................................................29 Figure 23 Fireshield equipment at the camp .............................................................................29 Figure 24 Gas cylinders placed at the kitchen room ..................................................................30 Figure 25 First planted seedlings ..............................................................................................31 Figure 26 Increased dust generation at construction sites .........................................................34 Figure 27 Melting of bitumen during waterproofing works .........................................................35 Figure 28 Violations on the constructed structures ....................................................................35 Figure 29 Dusting in construction sites .....................................................................................36 Figure 30 Ground water outcropping during the construction of culverts ..................................36 Figure 31 Waste accumulated during the construction of the bridge .........................................37 Figure 32 The state of constructed chutes ................................................................................37 4 5 Figure 33 Construction of Ak-Suu bridge...................................................................................37 Figure 34 Violations during the construction of a pedestrian bridge at the Krepostnoy canal.....38 Figure 35 Safety violations during the construction of the bridge at the Krepostnoy canal .........38 Figure 36 Construction of Jantai bridge .....................................................................................39 Figure 37 Safety violations during the construction of the bridge at the Jantai canal .................39 Figure 38 Construction of Sokuluk bridge .................................................................................40 Figure 39 Cleaning the Sokuluk riverbed from construction waste (north side) .........................40 Figure 40 Bank protection works at the Sokuluk river (south side) ............................................40 Figure 41 Jelamysh borrow-pit before mining ............................................................................42 Figure 42 Jelamysh borrow-pit after mining ...............................................................................42 Figure 43 Dusting in the stone crushing plant ...........................................................................43 Figure 44 Bitumen leakages at the asphalt plant .......................................................................44 Figure 45 Impervious protective platform around the chemical storage containers ....................45 Figure 46 Violations of safety precautions at the site of production of reinforced concrete structures ..................................................................................................................................45 Figure 47 Seedlings planted in autumn 2019 ............................................................................46 Figure 48 Construction waste on the road ................................................................................47 Figure 49 Old asphalt removal ..................................................................................................48 Figure 50 Old asphalt taken out to the area of the Yntymak