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E531 V 3 Inner Mongolia Highway Project, People 's Republic of China Public Disclosure Authorized Laoyemiao-Jining Section of the Planned National Artery Highway from Dandong to Lhasa Environmental Action Plan Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Departnent of Communications Public Disclosure Authorized January, 2002 FWlE COPY Inner Mfongolia Highway Project, People 's Republic of China Laoyemiao-Jining Section of the Planned National Artery Highway from Dandong to Lhasa Environmental Action Plan Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Department of Communications January, 2002 Inner Mongolia Highway Project, People 's Republic ofChina Laoyemiao-Jining Section of the Planned National Artery Highway from Dandong to Lhasa Environmental Action Plan Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Departnent of Communications January, 2002 Preface In order to implement the mitigation measures proposed by "the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIS) of Laoyemiao-Jining Section of the Planned National Trunk Highway from Dandong to Lhasa, to minimize potentially significant adverse environmental impacts and enhance the overall quality of the project, we prepare the Environmental Action Plan (EAP) of the project according to the ETS of the Highway and environmental assessment guidance of the World Bank. CONTENT I Brief Description .. 1 1. Brief Description of the Project . 1.2 Brief Introduction to Environment along the Route .. 3 1.3 Major Environmentally Sensitive Spots . 5 1.4 Existing Environmental Quality .*--. 6 2 Environmental Impact Conclusion . 8 3 EnvironmentalMitigation Measures . .11 3.1 Mitigation Measures during Construction Phase . 11 3.2 Mitigation Measures during Operation Phase . .15 4 EnvironmentalAction Plan *-----... 17 4.1 EnvironmentalProtectionPlan .17 4.2 Environmental Monitoring Plan . .21 4.3 Estimated Cost for Environmental Protection . .23 5 InstitutionArrangements for EnvironmentalManagement-.....25 5.1 Institutions for Environmental Protection .25 5.2 Training Plan for Environmental Protection Personnel .. 26 Environmental Action Plan for Laoyemiao- Jining Highway I Brief Description 1. I Brief Descriptionof the Project The proposed Laoyemiao to Jining Highway is a completely new alignment. It lies in the mid-westem part of Inner Mongolia being one section connecting Hohhot and Jining as major cities in Inner Mongolia. It passes through Xinghe County and the City of Jinning. For its geographical location, see Figure 1-1. The starting point of the recommended option is at Laoyemiao on the border between Inner Mongolia and Hebei Province. It heads from east for west to the destination ( Sanhaonandi of Jining ). 1.1.1 Major Technical Standards The total length of the recommended route is 91.28 km with a total cost of 1,779 billion yuan RMB. It is suggested that the whole line be newly built by adopting expressway technical standards. The construction period is three years (2002-2004). The major technical indexes are shown in Table 1-1. Tablel-1 Major Technical Standards for the Alignment Items _ Unit Levels Notes ___Road_cla_ s __c__= expressway Plain Ii htrollin areas Road length Km 91.28 Design speed kmth o100 Subgrade width M 26 Driving lane width M 4 X 3.75 ___ _ Min. Radius of horizontal M 400 Max. Longitudinal grade % 4 Total width of large or M 2X12.5 middle--sized bridges 2 1. Bridge design load Atrailper-20, Pavement structure types TrAutoser 120, Asphalt and concrete 1.1.2 Baseline Engineering Works The major work amount of the proposed highway is shown in Table 1-2. Table 1-2 Predicted Work Amount of the project Order Item Unit Amount I length _Alignment km 91.28 2 Earth/stone works km' 12492.82 3 Subgrade prytection ke2 5991.49 4 Pavement kn)2 2031.10 Large bridge m/place 1387.02t8 6 Middle-sized or small bridges m/place 1049.3t30 7 Interchanges Location 2 8 Passageways place 78 9 Land occupied mu"_ 7491. 10 Service areas Place 2 11 X = Toll stations place 2__ Total cost billion 1.779 Note 1): a unit of area, I mu=0.067 ha I 9 o(~1) Existing Highway(G11O) | Hebei Province '-'Iw-.saltntcrla *1. )64t ,.| 11 1 Bawang Ri'vi HLM11ti,i Like , > /Laoverniao el ;2 < / I r{f CDlDIES(NO7i >~~~~~~~Beijing -vKJt (t!At9) I9 \E4riK §A^/E-1lLaoyemiao-Jining Highway ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-~ ~~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ - |( f {3 - , I ! zL\ X Al;., (- ?<.t ! ' 1 1 ~ ll! I N ltX.1 -~~~~~+ Fig.l1-lb Geographical Lacation of the Laoyemiao-Jining Highway _r l- - |Jining-Hohhot SectioXn< b X X-X_*sto~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~i i *iW&, ~~~~~~~~~~,~~~~Ningxia.,-, 0~~~~~~~leilogjiai l, / \ / - ~~~~~~A Xwt_: *-,/ ,'X1'.N'>/ -s F9Nt.~~~~~~~Bc AI.;,,t BeJng M3 A @41*Xti, -,,\ ,~ ,A,>,, Jg , , ,hanl.?D * iMR _ , *Tat Dsb" ^ ., , , ClDt - -RS - - - - (T~~~~~~~xa l l nx* I **^* j g"* sr ^ (9OYM ( N!>eawK; *g_ blngXla- aa X1 ttt f~~~~~~OM Enviromnental Action Plan for Laoyemiao- Jing Hghway 1.1.3 PredictionofTrafficVolume According to the Project Feasibility Study Report, the predicted average annual traffic volume of the characteristic year is presented in Table 1-3 Table 1-3 Predicted Traffic Volume Unit: Vehicleday Year Mixed Conversion | PCU ______________Value 2005 7888 6309 12618 2010 12366 10317 30635 2015 17101 14642 29283 2020 23647 20565 _ 41129 2024 28828 25280 50560 1.1.4 Project Implementation Schedule The proposed project is proposed to start in 2002, completed in 2004 and put into operation in 2005. 1.1.5 Estimated Cost and Fund Raising The estimated total cost of the proposed highway is 1.7793749 billion yuan RMB. 100 million U.S. dollars ( 828.00 million yuan in terms of RMB) are proposed to borrow from the World Bank; 728 million yuan RMB will be appropriated from the MOC; 233.73 million yuan RMB will be raised by the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. 1. 2 Brief Introduction to Environment along the Route 1.2.1 Landform, Topography, Geology and Seism The survey shows that the projected alignment is situated on the Chahaer lava bench land on the south edge of Inner Mongolian Plateau. It is obvious that the exposure of basalt is resulted from north-east and east-west faulty belt. The aligmnent takes right angle to the belt. Basalt is underlain by purplish red lam and gravel layers. There are many small structural basins between the bench lands with some being lakes. Topographically, the section between Laoyemiao to Yushuwang is of loess hilly area underlain by stone bind and conglomerate with severe wind erosion. Section between Yushuwang to Taigou is typical lava bench land. The seismic intensity is VIJ-VRI degree. 1.2.2 Climate The project area belongs to temperate continental monsoon climate zone with plentiful sunshine. It is dry and windy. It rains seldom. The mean annual precipitation is 365-404 mm. The rainfall is focused mainly in July through September. The average evaporation is more than 1400 mm. Sandstorms occur frequently in Spring. The average wind speed is 3.4-3.6 rn/s. There are great temperature differences in various seasons with an average annual temperature being between 3.6-4.8°C. The lowest temperature is -33.8°C and the highest temperature being 35.71C. 1.2.3 River Regime The rivers the alignment crosses are all seasonal with no water in dry seasons, but floods occur very often in rainy seasons. The major rivers in the study area are the Bawang river, the Toutao river, the Niuming river and theYmnzi river. Both Baowang river and theToudao river flow into the Huangqi lake; the Yinzi river flows into the Yongding river. 3 Environmental Action Plan for Laoyeriao- Jining Highway 1.2.4 Soil Erosion The area is of rolling hills with many gullies, hills, basins and plains. Because of too much sand in soil, dry top soil, sparse vegetation and strong wind in the study area, there are varieties of soil erosion among which are wind erosion and hydraulic erosion. Wmd erosion occurs everywhere, mainly in dry grassland in March-May. Hydraulic erosion is found mainly in loess hilly areas in July-September when it rains very often. 1.2.5 Vegetation (1). Vegetation The vegetation in the area is sparse with forest cover of 10.1% growing mostly on the bench land along the rivers or around villages. Some artificial bushes and forage grasses grow very well. The natural vegetation is very poor with a cover of only about 10-30%. (2). Forest Land The study area is one of the key areas of "Three North Protection Forest". According to the "Protection Forest Construction Plan', afforestation will be camed out on a large scale wherever possible in this area. (3). Grassland The study area belongs to dry grassland pasture belt. The natural pastures have been deteriorated badly because of dry climate, scarce rainfall, strong winds and plenty sands and human activities. It is very essential that in the construction of this highway vegetation protection and afforestation be paid special attention to avoid further desertification. 1.2.6 Farming Farming is the main industry of agriculture including wheat, potato, millet, com and Chinese sorghum etc. The wheat average yield per mu is 130 kg, and that of potato is 300 kg. Cash crops are oil plants, sugar beet, vegetables, tobacco, Chinese medicioe herbs and hops and so on. In general, only one crop is obtained in one year. Farmland is lacking along the alignment. Therefore, it is substantially important to protect farmland resources in construction of the project. 1.2.7 Wild Flora and Fauna (1). Flora Wild plants occur mainly in the typical pasture areas among hills. There are 15-20 species of plants per square meter. They are needle grasses, prairie sagewort, korshinsk pea shrub, etc. On the western bank of the rivers patchily distributed are splendid achnatherum, sedge, razor grass, and Chinese small iris and other species that are salinity and alkali resistant.