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Yunnan Sustainable Road Maintenance (Sector) Project Environmental Monitoring Report Project Number: 45030-002 April 2016 PRC: Yunnan Sustainable Road Maintenance (Sector) Project Prepared by the Yunnan Highway Administration Bureau for the People’s Republic of China and the Asian Development Bank This environmental monitoring report is a document of the borrower. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of ADB's Board of Directors, Management, or staff, and may be preliminary in nature. In preparing any country program or strategy, financing any project, or by making any designation of or reference to a particular territory or geographic area in this document, the Asian Development Bank does not intend to make any judgments as to the legal or other status of any territory or area. Asian Development Bank PRC-3074: Yunnan Sustainable Road Maintenance (Sector) Project The 1st Quarterly Environmental Monitoring Report in 2016 Drafted in April 2016 For phase I and phase II-Maintenance Components Prepared by the Yunnan Highway Administration Bureau for the Asian Development Bank Table of Contents LIST OF FIGURES, TABLES AND PICTURES II EXECUTIVE SUMMARY VII I. BACKGROUND AND PROJECT PROGRESS 1 II. REPORT PREPARATION 4 A. Purposes and Objectives 4 B. Policy, Legal, and Administrative Framework 4 C. Report Period 5 D. Scope of Environment Monitoring 5 IV. IMPLEMENTATION OF EMP 6 A. Detailed design drawings and bidding documents 6 B. Institutional Arrangements 6 C. Construction Supervisors 6 D. Implementation status of the mitigation measures 7 E. Analysis of Environmental Monitoring Results 10 F. Institutional Capacity Building and Training 16 V. PUBLIC CONSULTATION, INFORMATION DISCLOSURE AND GRIEVANCE REDRESS MECHANISM 18 A. Public Consultation, Information Disclosure 18 B. Grievance Redress Mechanism (GRM) 22 VI. CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS 24 APPENDIX 1: SUMMARY OF POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS AND THE MITIGATION MEASURES IMPLEMENTED 25 APPENDIX 2: SITE PHOTOS 37 List of Figures, Tables and Pictures Figure 1 Organizational Chart for Supervision of Environmental Protection, Water and Soil Conservation 7 Figure 2 Procudures of Project GRM 22 Table 1 Road Sections for Maintenance during the Phase I and II of the Project and Project Progress 3 Table- 2 Environmental Quality Standards for Surface Water（GB3838-2002） 10 Table- 3 Water Quality Monitoring Results of Phase I and Phase II Components 10 Table- 4 Ambient Air Quality Standard (GB3095-2012） 12 Table- 5 Air Quality Monitoring Results of Phase I and Phase II Components 12 Table- 6 Environmental quality standard for noise (GB3096-2008) 14 Table- 7 Emission standard of environment noise for boundary of construction site （GB12523-2011） 14 Table- 8 Major Noise Source 14 Table- 9 Noise Monitoring Results of the Environmental Sensitive Receptors Along Phase I and Phase II Components 15 Table- 10 List of Persons Consulted With 18 Picture A2- 1 Information boards with complaint phone numbers of G320 Dali Xiangyun/ section 37 Picture A2- 2 Construction workers wearing safety clothes and helmets 37 Picture A2- 3 Built drainage ditch of G320 Dali Xiangyun/ section 38 Picture A2- 4 Built drainage culvert of G320 Dali Xiangyun/ section, specially for villagers 38 Picture A2- 5 Interview with villagers 39 Picture A2- 6 Building drainage ditch 39 Picture A2- 7 Trees undisturbed 40 Picture A2- 8 Site monitoring of G320 Dali Xiangyun/ section 40 Picture A2- 9 Interview with construction workers for G323 /Wenshan section 41 Picture A2- 10 Site noise monitoring in Guichao town in Funing county 41 Picture A2- 11 Mixing plant rented from local wood processing plant for G323 /Wenshan section 42 Picture A2- 12 Information boards with complaint phone numbers 43 Picture A2- 13 Safety warning board 43 Picture A2- 14 Abandoned ravine as disposal site 44 Picture A2- 15 Construction remained within the existing alignment RoW 44 Picture A2- 16 Traffic control at Yongping section 45 Picture A2- 17 Interview with villagers 45 Picture A2- 18 Site atmosphere and noise monitoring at G320/Yongping section 46 Picture A2- 19 Covering construction materials in case of rainwater flushing 46 Picture A2- 20 Sprinkling water to suppress dust 47 Picture A2- 21 Sampling at Baimiao reservoir, G320/Baoshan section 47 Picture A2- 22 Construction workers wearing safety clothes and helmets 48 Picture A2- 23 Safety warning board 48 Picture A2- 24 Interview with female construction workers 49 Picture A2- 25 Interview with roadside farmer 49 Picture A2- 26 Haulage vehicles enclosed to control dust 50 Picture A2- 27 Drainage ditch along the existing alignment 50 Picture A2- 28 Disposal site of G213 51 Picture A2- 29 Site atmosphere and noise monitoring at G213 51 Picture A2- 30 Sprinkling water to suppress dust during construction 52 Picture A2- 31 Public consultation 52 Picture A2- 32 Construction notification board 53 Picture A2- 33 Sprinkling water to suppress dust during construction, S313 53 Picture A2- 34 Sampling at Luzhi river, S313 54 Picture A2- 35 Public consultation, S313 54 Picture A2- 36 Asphalt mixing plant of S313 (at a distance of 60m to the road alignment) 55 Picture A2- 37 Concrete mixing plant of S313, under construction 55 CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS (as of 24 April 2016) Currency unit – Yuan (CNY) CNY1.00 = $ 0.1538 $1.00 = CNY 6.5004 ABBREVIATIONS ADB – Asian Development Bank ADB SPS – Asian Development Bank Safeguard Policy Statement 2009 CEWP – Construction Environmental Work Plan CIEE – Consolidated Initial Environmental Examination(i.e. many subprojects addressed in one IEE) dBA – A measure of audible (the ear) noise EARF – Environmental Assessment and Review Framework EIA – Environmental Impact Assessment EMP – Environmental Management Plan ESSU – Environment, Social and Safety Unit (established within YHAB) GRM – Grievance Redress Mechanism IEE – Initial Environmental Examination masl – metres above sea level PMO – Project Management Office PPTA – Project Preparation Technical Assistance PRC – People’s Republic of China RP – Resettlement Plan RoW – Right of Way SDAP – Social Development Action Plan subIDForm – Sub-identification form, provided in the project’s Operations Manual summarizing all features for a subproject vpd – Vehicles per day YEPD – Yunnan Environmental Protection Department YHAB – Yunnan Highway Administration Bureau YHDIC – Yunnan Highway Development and Investment Co. Ltd YPDOT – Yunnan Provincial Department of Transportation YSRI – Yunnan Science and Technology Research Institute of Highways YTPRDI – Yunnan Transport Planning Research and Design Institute WEIGHTS AND MEASURES CO – Carbon monoxide kph – Kilometers per hour mu – Land measurement unit = 666.6m2 NO2 – Nitrate or Nitrogen Dioxide SO2 – Sulphur dioxide NOTE In this report, "$" refers to US dollars. Monitoring Indicators Water Quality SS – Suspended substance CODcr – Chemical oxygen demand pH – pH value DO – Dissolved oxygen Air Quality PM10 – Inhalable particulate matter (particle size less than 10 microns, harmful to the lungs) NO2 – Nitrogen dioxide SO2 – Sulfur dioxide This environmental monitoring report is a document of the borrower. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of Asian Development Bank Board of Directors, Management, or staff, and may be preliminary in nature. Your attention is directed to the “terms of use” section of this website. 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. Executive Summary 1. The Yunnan Sustainable Road Maintenance (Sector) Project (the Project) is located in Yunnan Province in the People’s Republic of China. The Yunnan Department of Transport (YPDOT) is the executing agency and the Yunnan Highway Administration Bureau (YHAB) the implementing agency. The latter manages non-tolled national highways, provincial roads and important county roads in the province. Condition of the network has been deteriorating resulting in a reduced level of service and safety, increased transport costs and environmental degradation. 2. The Project includes four outputs: maintenance of 866.8 km of national, provincial and county roads (Output 1); pilot of performance-based maintenance contracts (Output 2); development of a road asset management system (Output 3); and institutional development to enhance the performance and sustainability of YHAB road maintenance (Output 4). Maintenance activities will be implemented over five years in four Phases. 3. Phase I and phase II lines have started preparatory works and construction activities, and the rest of the ADB loan Project has not yet started construction, and still been under preparation. 4. The project management offices of Phase I and phase II lines, the constructors and construction supervision companies performed their respective duties in accordance with the EMP. During implementation, environmental mitigation measures were carried out to reduce the impacts of construction on the surrounding environment and people’s health to the minimum as possible. They had minimized the pollution and improved local public transport. Map 1- Project Roads (phase I)- Location of G320 and G323 G320 Xiangyun G323 Fu’ning Map 2- Project Roads (phase II) -G213, S313 and Two Sections of G320 G320Dali(Yangbi~Yongping),91km G320Baoshan (Yaoqiao~Baoshan) 83km S313 Yimeng to Yimeng,57km G213 E’shan~Xinping,72km I. Background and Project
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