Hai River Estuary Area Pollution Control and Ecosystem Rehabilitation Project ADB Loan No.2829-PRC

Environmental Monitoring Report

Semestral Report Project Number: 43054-013 January 2019

PRC: Hai River Estuary Pollution Control and Ecosystem Development Project

Prepared by Harbor Economic Area Administrative Commission Project Management Office for the People’s Republic of China and the Asian Development Bank.

NOTE

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.

Environment Monitoring Report No .12

（2018.07-2018.12）

Hai River Estuary Area Pollution Control And Ecosystem Rehabilitation Project ADB Loan No.2829-PRC

Submitted to

Asian Development Bank

Prepared by

HEAAC PMO

2019.01.30 ABBREVIATIONS

ADB = Asian Development Bank EA = Executing Agency EIA = Environmental Impact Assessment EMERC = Environment Monitoring and Emergency Response Center EMP = Environmental Management Plan EPB = Environmental Protection Report ESE Environmental Supervision Engineer GDP = Gross Domestic Product TPFTZ = Tianjin Port Free Trade Zone TPFTZAC = Tianjin Port Free Trade Zone Administrative Commission TLCDC = Tianjin Lingang Construction and Development Co., Ltd. IA = Implementing Agency LA = Loan Agreement O&M = Operation and Maintenance PA = Project Agreement PAI = Project Administration Instructions PAM = Project Administration Manual PMS = Percentage Meeting Standard PRC = People’s Republic of China RRP = Report and Recommendation of the President SEIA = Summary of Environmental Impact Assessment TBNA = Tianjin Binhai New Area TFB = Tianjin Financial Bureau TLPGC = Tianjin Lingang Port Group Company TMG = Tianjin Municipal Government TSP = Total Suspended Particle WWTP = Wastewater Treatment Plant LEMS = Local Environmental Monitoring Station

WEIGHTS AND MEASURES

ha – hectare km – kilometer km2 – square kilometer m – meter m2 – square meter m3 – cubic meter m3/d – cubic meter per day $(USD) – Dollars CNY - China Yuan

Table of Contents

1. Introduction ...... 1

1.1. General...... 1 1.2. Project Introduction...... 1 1.3. Introduction of Environment Status...... 2 1.3.1 Nature Environment ...... 2 1.3.2 Society and Economy Development ...... 2 2. Project Implementation ...... 3 3. Management of Environment Impact Assessment ...... 10 4. Implementation of Mitigation Measures...... 10 5. Environment Monitoring and Assessment ...... 21

5.1. Internal environment monitoring ...... 21 5.2. External environment monitoring ...... 21

6. Strengthening the Environmental Management System and Capability’s Building ...... 31 7. Project Benefit...... 35 8. Conclusions and Suggestions ...... 36 Appendix WWTP photos ...... 38

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1. Introduction

1.1. General 1 This environmental monitoring progress report covers the activities performed under Hai River Estuary Area Pollution Control and Ecosystem Rehabilitation Project (the Project) in the second half of 2018, covering implementation of the environmental monitoring plan (EMP). This report is prepared by the implementing consultant (HJI) with the assistance of local environmental protection and monitoring authorities, as well as Project Management Office (PMO) set under Harbor Economic Park Administration Committee (EA). 2 The original construction scope of the project are: (i) wastewater management and pollution control, including building a new WWTP and water reclamation facilities at the south coast of Hai River estuary; (ii) sediment pollution treatment at Hai River estuary, in which the polluted sediment component (SED-CW-01) was no longer financed by ADB, the other two remains; (iii) ecosystem restoration at Hai River estuary; (iv) building an Environment Monitoring and Emergency Response Center (EMERC) in Lingang District; (v) storm surge disaster prevention. 3 ADB will finance the project with a loan of USD 100 million. The loan agreement became effective on 20 August 2012. The loan would be closed on 31 December 2017. This Project is initially planned to be implemented for five years and completed in the middle of 2017. Due to the standard upgrade of Wastewater Treatment Project and the use of loan saving (the loan saving of the project will be used in the increase of the investment in the rainwater pipe network of the Hai River South Bank Wastewater Treatment Subcomponent, and the construction of new Reclaimed Water Pump Station and its associated pipe network).The project is expected to be postponed to December 31, 2019. The application for two-year extension of the loan closure has been formally approved by the Tianjin Municipal Finance Bureau, the Ministry of Finance and ADB. 4 36 contracts under this Project had been awarded (including 4 non-ADB financed contracts). As of the end of this quarterly progress report period, the cumulative contract awarded was USD 111 million, the total amount paid for the contract is USD 73.0 million (including ADB loans and counterpart funds)，among which the ADB loan was USD 61.3 million. 5 This report contains the following contents: (i) the implementation of environmental mitigation measures; (ii) environment monitoring and assessment of the two subcomponents under operation; (iii) environmental monitoring and assessment of the contracts under construction and conclusion and suggestion.

1.2. Project Introduction 6 The total cost of the project estimate is USD 249 million, including ADB loan in amount of USD 100 million (40.16% of total cost). The rest (59.84% of total cost) is provided by domestic counterpart fund. There are 5 subcomponents: (i) Wetland Ecosystem Restoration; (ii) Hai River South Bank Wastewater Treatment (including construction of WWTP); (iii) Dagu Canal Banks Improvement Works Subcomponent; (iv) Environment Monitoring and Emergency Response Centre (EMERC); and (v) Storm-surge Disaster Reduction. The location of the five subcomponents is shown below:

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Figure 1-1 Location of Subcomponents

1.3. Introduction of Environment Status

1.3.1 Nature Environment 7 Tianjin Binhai New Area (TBNA), the impact area of the Project, is located at the estuary area of Hai River Basin, on the top of the Bohai Gulf, on the east of the central area of Tianjin, and in the centre of Circum-Bohai-Sea Region. It is near the eastern starting point of Asia-Euro Continental Bridge and is the key access to the sea for the neighbouring inland provinces. TBNA contains Tanggu, Hangu and Dagang administrative districts with a total area of 2,270 km2 and a population of 2.02 million. 8 TBNA is characterized as plains and coastal areas, encompassing 153 km of coastline, 3,000 km2 of coastal area, more than 700 km2 of wetlands and 1,200 km2 of untapped alkaline land including the Changlu Salt Field, the best known source of natural sea salt in PRC. 9 Similarly as Tianjin, TBNA has a semi-moist warm temperate continental monsoon climate while the four seasons are distinct and average temperature of the whole year is 12.6°C. The hottest month is July, during which the average temperature can reach 26.5°C. January is the coldest month; its average temperature is -3.3°C. The annual average precipitation is 566 mm. The wind directions are predominantly NNW in winter, SSW during the summer months, and North in autumn. The annual average hour of solar radiation is 2731.9 h. The non-frost period is 236 days from 10th of November to 18th of March. 10 TBNA has important natural resources such as oil, natural gas, salt. It has proven oil reserves of over 10 billion tons, natural gas reserves of more than 193.7 billion cubic meters.

1.3.2 Society and Economy Development 11 Since the reform and opening up, tremendous changes took place in TBNA. A large number of foreign capitals were introduced, made TBNA the area whose economy increased most rapidly in North China. The pillar industries of TBNA are electricity, electronics, petroleum, marine chemical industry, automobile, equipment manufacturing, petroleum pipeline, steel, biotechnology, new energy and new materials, as well as the green economy, etc. The rapid development of TBNA is not only conducive to Tianjin, but also to promote the development of North China. According to strategic planning, TBNA will be developed as one of the financial, commercial and industrial centres in North China. 12 TBNA’GDP in 2006 is 196 billion yuan, 45.2% of Tianjin’s GDP. By 2008, TBNA’s GDP is 310.2 billion yuan, which increased 23.1% compared with 2007, and 48.82% of Tianjin’s GDP. By 2011, TBNA’s GDP is 620.7 billion yuan, which increased 23.8% compared with 2007, and 54.9% of Tianjin’s GDP. In 2011, TBNA’s local fiscal revenue reached 91.727 billion yuan, and its financial

Environment Monitoring Report No.12 expenditure reached 75.342 billion yuan, increased by 47.2% and 55.6% respectively, compared with 2010. Growth in expenditure is mainly for improving public health, education, social welfare, affordable houses, water supply and sewage treatment, garbage disposal, and ecological protection. 13 With the rapid economic growth, resident’s living standard continue to go up in TBNA. In 2016, Annual income per capita of the employed persons was 91,780 yuan, increased 68.21% compared with 54,562 in 2010. Disposable income per capita was 42,869 yuan, increased 42.76% compared with 30,029 in 2010.

2. Project Implementation 14 By the end of December 2018, 34 civil works and goods contracts and 2 consultancy contracts have been signed, accounting for 94.74% of the total planned number of 38 contracts. Since the loan took effect, the project time has passed 86.32% (76 months have been used, a total of 88 months), and the actual progress of the project has reached 76.57% of the total for details, Only count ADB financing contracts), indicating that the actual progress of the project still lags behind planning schedule. 15 Because of the adjustment of the plan of the Tianjin Municipal and the update of WWTP’s effluent-disposal standard from Class 1A of Discharge Standard of Pollutants for Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plant (GB 18918-2002) to the Class A of the Discharge Standard of Pollutants for Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plant of Tianjin (DB121599-2015), the previous design proposal and related documents for the preliminary work have been re-adjusted. The original planned sewage plant was completed at the end of 2016 and is now adjusted to completion in September 2019. 16 The balance of the loan is used for the investment increase of the rainwater pipe network of the Hai River South Bank Wastewater Treatment Subcomponent on the Pipe Network Contract 6 (WW-CW-09) and Reclaimed Water pipelines Contract (WW-CW-10) , which has the contract amount of CNY 83,691,058.10 and CNY 44,513,373.00. 17 In March 2017, ADB approved a part of loan balances to be used for (i) additional analytical equipment for EMERC, (ii) additional sewage and rainwater pipelines and one pump station; and (iii) additional emergency maintenance and monitoring equipment for WWTP. The original plan was to use part of the balance of the loan for the new phase II sub-project of wetland, but the ADB loan amount accounted for too small proportion of the total cost, so it was decided to complete the phase II sub-project of wetland by 100% domestic funds and not included in the ADB loan project. 18 All the 15 civil works contracts financed by ADB in the project are procured. The implementation performance for the 13 procured contracts is shown in Table 1.

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Table 1 Implementation performance for civil works contracts

S Construction Secured &Civilized Environmental Contract No. Contract Name Scope of Contract Contractor Name Actual Progress N Quality Construction Management A Hai River Estuary South Bank Wastewater Treatment Subcomponent The total capacity of the WWTP is 30,000 tons/day. Civil works, Except for the top of #101 water supply and inlet pump house pool, Meet the The The contractor drainage, electrical, the wall of #105-2 contract's implementation of carried out sedimentation tank, and requirements by WWTP Civil heating, Hunan Xingda the contractor was environmental the roof of #402 self-inspection 1 WW-CW-01 Works air-conditioning, fire Construction in compliance with management integrated office building, and inspection Group Co., Ltd. the practice measures during Construction protection, all the concrete structures from quality standard of safety implementation decoration, roads, were completed, and the inspection and civilization period landscaping, and etc. civil works completion rate station was 55%. for building structures and plant area of the WWTP No.7 Pump Station No.7 Pump Station Meet the (scales for civil works completed in 2016 ， The The contractor contract's and equipment are Completed 670 meters of implementation of carried out requirements by 3 PICC Hebei reinforced concrete pipes the contractor was environmental Pipe Network 0.91m /s and 0.25 self-inspection 2 WW-CW-04 Construction in and out of water pipes; in compliance with management 3 and inspection Contract 1, m /s) and Refco Group Ltd 400 meters of ductile iron the practice measures during from quality wastewater pipelines pipes and 7,170 meters of standard of safety implementation inspection polyethylene PE and civilization period between No. 7 Pump station pipes.100% completed Station and WWTP

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S Construction Secured &Civilized Environmental Contract No. Contract Name Scope of Contract Contractor Name Actual Progress N Quality Construction Management Meet the Bohai 50 road The The contractor contract's (Huanghe implementation of carried out The Fifth Project requirements by 100% completed in 2016, the contractor was environmental Pipe Network Road-Changjiang Co.,Ltd of China self-inspection 3 WW-CW-05 the total length of the in compliance with management Railway Bureau and inspection Contract 2 road) pipeline is 2,788 meters. the practice measures during 14 Group from quality Rainwater/Sewage standard of safety implementation inspection and civilization period Pipe Networks station Rainwater/Sewage pipeline network covering: Liao River

East Ave (Bohai Sea Meet the The The contractor No.56-60 Road),Hai contract's implementation of carried out The Fifth Project requirements by River East Ave (Bohai 100% completed in 2015, the contractor was environmental Pipe Network Co., Ltd of China self-inspection 4 WW-CW-06 Sea No.56-60 the total length of the in compliance with management Railway Bureau and inspection Contract 3 pipeline is 8,024 meters. the practice measures during Road),Wei River Ave 14 Group from quality standard of safety implementation inspection (Bohai Sea No.56-60 and civilization period Road), Bohai Sea No, station 56 Road(Liao River East Ave-Yellow River Ave) Bohai No.53 Road The total pipeline (Yellow River Start length is 4745m. Pipe Network Tianjin Chengjian construction 2,458 m of the 5 WW-CW-07 Ave-Yangtze River At the signing stage Contract 4 Group Co., Ltd. and foundation rainwater pipeline Ave), Bohai No.60 excavation. of #53 Bohai Road Road (Yellow River had been

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S Construction Secured &Civilized Environmental Contract No. Contract Name Scope of Contract Contractor Name Actual Progress N Quality Construction Management Ave-Yangtze River completed. 50% of the civil works Ave) Rainwater/ has been Sewage Pipe completed. Networks Meet the The The contractor Hebei contract's implementation of carried out With Pressure Construction requirements by 100% completed in 2016, the contractor was environmental Pipe Network Group Tianchen self-inspection 6 WW-CW-08 the total length of the in compliance with management Sewage Pipe Network Construction and inspection Contract 5 pipeline is 8,894 meters the practice measures during Engineering Co., from quality standard of safety implementation Ltd. inspection and civilization period station The construction unit has Rainwater and entered into site and Pipe Network Sewage pipelines in China Railway started construction. 7 WW-CW-09 10th Bureau Complete the enclosure of Contract 6 the north of Lingang Group Co., Ltd. some construction areas District and the project department. Reclaimed Sewer pipelines in Hebei Construction 8 WW-CW-10 Water the north of Lingang the contract is signed. Engineering pipelines District Group Co., Ltd. B Estuarine contaminated sediments treatment subcomponent Bank 1,500m of revetment 1,500m of revetment Meet the The The contractor China Railway Improvement banks were completed in contract's implementation of carried out bank protection, Port and Channel 1 SED-CW-02 and 2015. The 380-m wall requirements by the contractor was environmental Engineering Landscaping 380m of revetment, revetment and backfilling self-inspection in compliance with management Group Co., Ltd Works 8,000m2 greening and greening were and inspection the practice measures during

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S Construction Secured &Civilized Environmental Contract No. Contract Name Scope of Contract Contractor Name Actual Progress N Quality Construction Management completed in 2016. 100% from quality standard of safety implementation completed. inspection and civilization period station

Meet the The trenching and The The contractor North China contract's backfilling of the implementation of carried out Water requirements by Bank diaphragm walls were the contractor was environmental 165 meters of Conservancy and self-inspection 2 SED-CW-03 Improvement completed in 2015. The in compliance with management Hydropower and inspection Works diaphragm walls 165-m wall revetment and the practice measures during Engineering from quality backfilling were completed standard of safety implementation Group Co., Ltd inspection in 2016. 100% completed. and civilization period station C Environmental Monitoring and Emergency Management Center Subcomponent Including a five-story experimental office building (main

building) and a Meet the The The contractor Environmental two-story emergency Hebei contract's implementation of carried out Monitoring and Construction requirements by Emergency response hall the contractor was environmental EM/ERC-CW-0 Group Tianchen self-inspection 1 Response (podium), an area of 100% completed in compliance with management Construction and inspection 1 Center the practice measures during 6,005.9 square Engineering Co., from quality standard of safety implementation Building Ltd. inspection meters, a total and civilization period construction area of station 5,660 square meters, and a building height of 21.7 meters

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S Construction Secured &Civilized Environmental Contract No. Contract Name Scope of Contract Contractor Name Actual Progress N Quality Construction Management D Wetland Ecosystem Restoration Subcomponent Meet the The The contractor contract's Constructed Greening implementation of carried out requirements by Wetland Civil Wuxi City Green the contractor was environmental works and implementation area 100 completed by July self-inspection 1 WTL-CW-02 Construction in compliance with management greening - 2012 and inspection Mid east of 114,000 square Company the practice measures during - from quality section meters standard of safety implementation inspection and civilization period station Meet the The The contractor Greening No.3 Engineering contract's Wetland Water implementation of carried out Company of China requirements by Treatment implementation the contractor was environmental Railway 100 completed by July self-inspection 2 WTL-CW-07 Engineering in compliance with management (pre-treatment Construction 18th 2012 and inspection area of 52,500 square the practice measures during +SSF) Bureau Group from quality standard of safety implementation Co., Ltd inspection meters and civilization period station Meet the The The contractor contract's Constructed Greening implementation of carried out Wetland Civil requirements by Tianjin Green the contractor was environmental works and implementation area 100 completed by July self-inspection 3 WTL-CW-09 greening Engineering Co., in compliance with management - 2012 and inspection Northeast 120,000 square Ltd. the practice measures during from quality section meters standard of safety implementation inspection and civilization period station Dongyang Meet the The The contractor Constructed Greening Jiangong contract's implementation of carried out Wetland Civil implementation area Municipal 100 completed by July requirements by the contractor was environmental 4 WTL-CW-10 works and of 107,800 square Ecological 2012 self-inspection in compliance with management Construction Co., and inspection the practice measures during greening - meters Ltd. from quality standard of safety implementation

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S Construction Secured &Civilized Environmental Contract No. Contract Name Scope of Contract Contractor Name Actual Progress N Quality Construction Management Southeast inspection and civilization period station section

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3. Management of Environment Impact Assessment 19 The EIA reports of all subcomponents have been approved by Tianjin EPB. During field visits and inspection undertaken for the constructed subcomponents as stated in the previous environmental monitoring reports, no significant findings that indicate incompliance with EIA requirements. PMO has required that IAs and contractors implement the pollution mitigation measures specified in the EMP during construction, and control any impact caused on air, noise and water environment.

4. Implementation of Mitigation Measures 20 At present, the subcomponents of Wetland Ecosystem Restoration, Dagu Canal Banks Improvement Works Subcomponent, and Storm-surge Disaster Reduction are in operation. According to the EMR submitted, mitigation measures have been applied in accordance with the Environmental Monitoring Plan (referred to Table 1). Operation of the above 3 subcomponents doesn’t cause negative impact on surrounding areas, the operation reached the expected effect. 21 The construction activities during this reporting period include the construction of WWTP, wastewater pipelines and EMERC. Table 2 summarizes the mitigation measures implemented before the construction, construction phase and during the operation phase of the Project.

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Table 2 Summary of the Implementation of the Mitigation Measures in the EMP Impact Factor/ Potential Impacts Project Mitigation Measures Implementation Stage and/or Issues A．Before Construction 1. EIA and Site selections • Various alternatives were screened according to the criteria that Impacts on Feasibility Study minimize adverse impacts on the environment. The recommended surrounding Stage sites for each sub-project were selected. environment are limited Engineering and design • Engineering and design alternatives were evaluated based on Conducted at FSR alternatives pre-defined environmental and economic criteria. stage, feasible scheme have been selected. Sector strategy • The project designed and suggested new urban development strategy Applied that feed into the update of urban master plans with the goal of safe and sustainable urban development, with full access to environmental amenities.

Public consultations • Several rounds of wide public consultations have been conducted on Applied environmental and social issues during feasibility studies, and EIA and SEIA preparations.

2. Design Stage EMP under updates • Mitigation measures defined in EMP will be reviewed, updated and Environmental incorporated into the detailed design to minimize adverse Management Plan was environmental impacts. updated, and reflected in the design. 3. Biding and Bidding documents • Environmental provisions will be included in the RFPs. Applied Construction and contractors’ • Environmental section will be included in the TOR for bidders. Preparation qualifications • Environmental clauses for contractors in reference to the EMP and monitoring plan will be included in the construction and supply contracts.

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Impact Factor/ Potential Impacts Project Mitigation Measures Implementation Stage and/or Issues Environmental • Contractors will be required to prepare an environmental operation Applied operation and and supervision manual, for approval by PIO. supervision manual

Complaint and • Establish a complaint and information disclosure office or appoint a The complaint information disclosure responsible person before start of construction. mechanism has been office or appointed • Make sure that staff at the office is well trained to handle conflicts established, and person with residents from environmental impacts. assigned responsibility

Environmental • Environmental specialists and/or officials from TEPD will be invited to Training has been protection training provide training on implementation and supervision of environmental organized. mitigation measures to relevant persons, especially construction engineers and managers.

Engagement of EMCC • Prior to start of construction, an environmental management Construction units company will be engaged. selected Tianjin Eco-city Environment Monitoring Center Co. Ltd .through bidding

Project Impact Factor/ Potential Impacts Mitigation Measures Implementation Stage and/or Issues B. Construction Phase Dagu Canal Banks 1. Water Quality Wastewater generated • Regularly maintain construction equipment to prevent incident. Applied by Improvement from machinery contractors Works 2. Air Quality Dust generated from • Cover vehicles delivering granular and/or fine materials to the sites. The Department of Subcomponent; the process of Avoid overloading of these vehicles. Environment transportation of Protection and City materials and Appearance of TPFTZ construction vehicles has set up a corresponding

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supervision and punishment system 3. Solid Wastes Construction solid • Collect and dispose solid waste in a timely manner, sort the Applied. Contractors wastes construction solid waste and recover and reuse when possible and send the send the rest to landfill non-recyclable wastes to the landfill in Hangu. 4.Ecology Destruction to the • Carry out research for adding sea creature, monitor and artificial TPFTZ pays Tianjin species and habitats adding of local sea creature to enhance formation of the ecosystem Oceanic after the completion of construction activities to compensate the loss Administration for of biomass. the artificial adding sea creature annually. 5. Environmental Lack of environmental • Educate construction worker on environmental policies. It is forbidden Training for risk awareness to dump and litter wastes. contractors has been conducted. Universal 1. Water Quality Wastewater from • Install movable environmental friendly toilet and oil-water separator Applied by applicable for all construction camps in the construction camps and a designated company will be contractors of the five entrusted for collection of oils. subprojects • Use natural gas and LPG in the temporary dining room • Collect and treat discharged domestic wastewater in septic tanks before they are discharged to nearby sewer network • Unauthorized dumping of wastewater will be prohibited.

Wastewater • Build storage tank and temporary wastewater treatment facility to Applied by generated from ensure that the wastewater discharge complies with national contractors machinery standards. • Regularly maintain construction equipment to avoid accidents.

Handling of chemicals • A construction materials handling protocol (e.g., store the chemical Applied by away from watercourses and provision of retention areas to contain contractors accidental spills of such toxic, hazardous, and harmful construction materials as caustic and acidic substances, oil and petroleum

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products, and asphalt materials) will be prepared and applied to prevent soil and surface/groundwater pollution. • A Prevention and Emergency Response Plan will be developed and implemented. • Train the workers (especially painters) on safe and diligent handling of chemicals to avoid accidental spills, and on emergency response when a spill would occur.

Solid wastes • Dumping of construction solid wastes and garbage into water bodies Applied will be prohibited.

2. Air Quality Dust from material • Cover vehicles delivering granular and/or fine materials to the sites. The Department of delivery and Avoid overloading of these vehicles. Environment construction vehicles • Vehicles conveyed construction material and clinker should be Protection and City enclosed and install GPS. Appearance of TPFTZ • When Tianjin release heavy pollution weather start level III and above has set up a emergency response work, the construction unit should stop the corresponding construction site of the earthwork. supervision and punishment system. The contractors has adopted the measures.

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Dust from construction • All roads should be hardened by concrete or other materials. Keep Applied. sites road clean and prevent earth or material from dropping. • Select materials storage sites 300 m from residential areas. • Organize material storage sites: separate stone and sand materials; store concrete in separate storage place and reduce the on-site storage time of the construction wastes. • Set up appropriate walls around construction site and spray water on construction sites twice a day. • Minimize the transportation distance from the storage site to the construction site. • Stop construction during strong winds and cover the stockpile. • Contractors should use commercial concrete. Mixed cement and lime soil cannot be installed in the camp. • Clean energy should be used for cooking at the camp such as natural gas. Coal and woods cannot be used. • Upon completion of construction, clean up construction and Training for demolition wastes in timely manner. Re-vegetate all the construction contractors has been sites with trees and grasses. conducted Dust from • All roads and pavements used by vehicles of the contractors or The Department of transportation roads suppliers will be kept clean and clear of all dust, mud, or extraneous Environment materials dropped from their transportation vehicles by covering with Protection and City tarpaulin sheets. Appearance of TPFTZ • Spray water on access roads twice a day. has set up a • Control vehicle speeds on construction sites. corresponding supervision and punishment system Emissions from • Vehicle emissions will comply with Requirements for Light Vehicles The Department of vehicles and Emission Control and Measurement Methods (GB18352-2005) (Article Environment equipment No. 3 &4), Requirements for Automobile Compression Ignition and Protection and City Natural Gas Ignition Engine Emission Pollutant Control and Appearance of TPFTZ Measurement Methods (GB17691-2005) (Article No. 3, 4 &5), The has set up a Rankcase Control and Measurement Methods of Neutral Vehicle with corresponding P.I Engine (GB 11340-2005), Emission Control and Measurement for supervision and

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Compresses Ignition Engines and Vehicles with Compression Engines punishment system (GB3847-2005), and Control and Measurement of Discharged Pollutant from Vehicle with Ignited Engine under Two-speed Idle and Simple Driving Condition (GB18285-2005). Use gas purifiers to minimize the exhaust fumes. • Equipment and machinery emissions must comply with Emission Standard for Air Pollutant (GB16297-1996). • A regular inspection and certification system will be initiated to make sure that exhaust gases complied with emission standards. 3. Noise Noise from equipment • Install noise barrier and vibration-proof equipment around the sites Applied and vehicles having high-noise machinery • Noise from equipment and machinery will comply with Emission Standard at Construction Site Boundary for Noise (GB12523-2011). • Noisy construction work will be probated near the sensitive area and stopped between 22:00 and 06:00 hours. • Regularly maintain construction equipment to avoid noise generation. • Provide adequate route for big trucks to keep away from residential areas. • Control traffic on the site and limit blowing of horns.

4. Solid Wastes Domestic wastes from • Provide multi-compartment collection bins to facilitate reuse, recycle Applied. Contractors construction camps of solid wastes. send the • Collect the wastes regularly by the city sanitation bureau to the non-recyclable municipal sanitary landfill. wastes to the landfill in Hangu. Construction solid • Collect and cleanup wastes in a timely manner , sort construction Applied. Contractors wastes wastes; recycle and reuse, if possible, and dispose of the rest of the send the solid wastes in landfill. non-recyclable wastes to the landfill in Hangu. 5. Soil Erosion Excavation • Avoid rainstorm days during excavation activities. Applied • Construct a drainage system to minimize the erosion of deposited materials.

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Transport and disposal • Use the excavated soils for refills on the construction site. Applied of soils • Build settling ponds in construction sites. Soils in settling ponds will be cleared for use as refill soils. Construction vehicles • Lay straws or cloths at the entry/exist of each construction site. Applied • Regularly clean up the soils on the tires of construction vehicles Exposed surfaces • Construct slope protection in erosion-prone section to prevent soil Applied erosion and runoff. • As soon as refill and land leveling is done, re-vegetation with trees and grasses will be undertaken. 6. Social and Traffic jam or block • Divert traffic at peak traffic hours Training for Cultural contractors has been Considerations conducted. 7.Sanitation and Health and sanitation • Identify all potential health hazardous, including infectious disease, Training for Safety of workers establish and implement professional health and sanitation plan for contractors has been the engineering program. conducted. • Maintain and monitor sanitation condition in construction areas. • Provide medical facilities, health services and PPEs. • Health and sanitation on job training. Safety of the public • Identify all potential safety hazardous, establish and implement safety Training for and the workers plan for the engineering program. contractors has been • Put up warning signs to alert the public of potential safety risks in and conducted. around the construction sites. 8. Environmental Lack of environmental • Educate construction worker on environmental policies. It is forbidden Training for Risks awareness to dump and litter wastes. contractors has been conducted. 9. Energy Equipment selection • Select the equipment in compliance with the national standard and Applied conservation and obtaining the energy conservation authentication. GHG emissions Energy conservation • Set up transportation program to avoid the unnecessary running of Applied reduction of the transportation vehicle. vehicles • Use low emission vehicles. Worker training • Train the construction workers on the energy conservation and Training for emission reduction. contractors has been

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conducted. Project Impact Factor/ Potential Impacts Mitigation Measures Implementation Stage and/or Issues C．Operation stage 1. Water Quality Secondary pollution • Calculate the rate of pollutant release in order to arrange a dredging Applied. Wetland from sediments plan. Ecosystem dredging in the • Test and analyze the rate of organic phosphorus release to determine Restoration wetland the scope of environmental dredging. • Carry out environmental dredging and engage special environmental-friendly dredger.

2. Air Quality Odor from the wetland • Conduct proper maintenance regularly. No odor monitored • Sequentially drain and refill the wetland cell over a period of several days, about 24 hours for each change. • Plant grass and plants may contribute to odor removal.

3. Solid waste Trash and debris • Carry out regular maintenance to remove accumulated trash and Wetland has been accumulation in the debris in the wetland cell. maintained regularly wetland and no trash and debris were found 4. Ecology Insects outburst • Keep annual vegetation maintenance such as clear dead vegetation, Clean up the garbage and reduce the accumulation of vegetation in the pools of shallow regularly. No insect stagnant water outburst incurred • Maintain a mosquito control program. Use ecological friendly insecticide or larvicides. Use fish, frogs, and bats to prey on mosquitoes and their larvae to maintain balanced ecosystem.

Management of • Reap the plants by hand or use machines to control the overgrowth of Vegetation is well vegetation the plants. managed • An annual vegetation harvest in summer should be planned.

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Soil erosion • Inspect the drainage structures and re-vegetated area to ensure they Wetland has been are maintained in accordance with the requirement of soil erosion maintained regularly prevention plan. and no soil erosion • Maintain and stabilize the riverbank on time. Check the retaining wall was observed regularly against any shift in position and collapse, especially in the peak natural disaster season. • The local Water Resource Bureau and Environmental Monitoring Station will undertake regular monitoring of soil erosion. • Build a maintenance ramp to facilitate access to the site for the maintenance activities and for surveillance and control.

5.Environmental Flooding • Inspect and check the wetland after starting operation to identify WWTP is not Risks whether the desired retention time has been achieved. constructed and the • The frequency of monitoring the water flow rate in the wetland design capacity of the should be increased during the flood season. wetland has not been reached. Flood has little impact on retention time. Storm Surges 1.Environmental Structure failure of the • Carry out regularly routine maintenance and repair. Carried regular Disaster Risks breakwater and the • Carry out stabilization inspection. inspection on the Reduction embankments • A repair program shall be immediately initiated if structure failure is structure of the found. breakwater. No abnormal conditions were observed Universal 1. Air Quality Vehicles • All vehicles must pass Euro-III equivalent test as part of annual vehicle Applied. National III applicable for all safety and environmental protection inspection. standard, equivalent of the five to Euro III standard subprojects has been applied in 2007.

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2. Ecology Vegetation • All vegetation covers will be properly maintained. Especially, over Regular inspection of grown wild grass in the constructed wetland should be controlled and the wetland has been removed. carried out. No overgrowth of wild grass was observed. 3. Environmental Emergency and • Provide operation training to workers to avoid any incident caused by Training has been Risks accident error. conducted to • Stipulate operation guideline, and apply responsibility system. contractors and • Prepare emergency response plan, including response, rescue, and supervising agencies. report procedure. TLPGC has prepared • Carry out awareness building and education activities to promote the Emergency Plan compliance with relevant national, provincial and municipal for Water Accidents regulations and environmental emergency response plans. • Develop training plan of HIV control for workers Facility malfunction • Maintain environment facilities and ships regularly. Applied Insufficient • Conduct training for environmental management. Training on environmental environmental management capacity monitoring has been carried out. 4. Energy Operation of • Set up equipment operation program to avoid the unnecessary and Operational manuals conservation and equipment and low efficiency running of vehicle and equipment engines. for wetland and GHG emissions vehicles breakwater have been reduction prepared. Worker training • Provide proper training to the operators and the managers. Training has been commissioned to the final operation unit.

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5. Environment Monitoring and Assessment

5.1. Internal environment monitoring 22 Internal environmental monitoring at construction sites was conducted by contractor’s qualified personnel and supervised by construction supervision companies. The internal monitoring results were presented in the contractors’ daily records and weekly reports as well as the supervision companies’ monthly reports. The internal monitoring results showed that the environmental condition in the construction areas had been well maintained, and no significant environmental issues have been reported.

5.2. External environment monitoring 23 TPFTZ has employed Tianjin Eco-City Environmental Monitoring Center Co. Ltd for responsible of external monitoring according to environment monitoring plan. The monitoring results during Jul 2018 to Dec 2018 are shown below.

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Table 3 Implementation of Environmental Monitoring （Construction phase）

Monitoring Parameter Position Time and Monitoring Time Monitoring data project frequency points A. Construction (Internal Monitoring) 1. Surface COD, SS for 2 locations on 2 samples were Dagu canal 2018.12.25 SSmg/L 9 WWTP, Wetland, taken in each Water the Dagu River, 01#, 02# 11 ERC and Estuary sampling; Rehabilitation 4 locations on Sampling times: CODmg/L 65.3 subproject; the Hai River one before 34 estuary starting, one after Chloride mg/L 1.21×104 completion. 3 6.36×10 Hai River 2018.12.25 SSmg/L 12 Estuary 01#, 10 02#, 03#, 04# 12 12 CODmg/L <30 35.1 40.6 43.5 Chloride mg/L 5.13×103 5.53×103 5.00×103 6.53×103 2. Air TSP, PM10 for For each 3 samples were WWTP 01# TSP(24hr hourly average) 0.096 WWTP subproject, 2 taken in each Sep mg/m3 0.090 subproject monitoring sampling and (upwind) 0.080

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Monitoring Parameter Position Time and Monitoring Time Monitoring data project frequency points 3 locations for each sampling 2018.9.20-22 PM10(24hr hourly average) mg/m 0.064 each was completed in 0.056 construction one day; 0.060 site Sampling times: 3 0.101 one before WWTP 02# TSP(24hr hourly average) mg/m 0.128 construction, one Sep 0.120 after construction, (downwind) 3 twice a year PM10(24hr hourly average) mg/m 0.080 during the 0.056 construction 0.063 period. WWTP 01# 2018.10.25-27 TSP(24hr hourly average) 0.093 Oct (upwind) mg/m3 0.075

0.090 3 PM10(24hr hourly average) mg/m 0.065 0.055 0.082 WWTP 02# TSP(24hr hourly average) mg/m3 0.096 Oct 0.076 (downwind) 0.056 3 PM10(24hr hourly average) mg/m 0.060 0.074 0.074 3. Noise Leq (dB(A)) for For each 2 samples were WWTP 2018.8.28 Daytime dB(A) 48.8 45.5 45.3 49.4 subproject, 4 taken (day-time WWTP, Night time dB(A) 48.4 45.2 45.1 45.0 location at the and night-time) in subproject 2018.9.19 Daytime dB(A) 56.3 58.6 57.1 57.6

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Monitoring Parameter Position Time and Monitoring Time Monitoring data project frequency points border of each sampling; Night time dB(A) 45.8 47.0 46.3 46.2 construction Monthly during 2018.10.25 Day time dB(A) 55.4 54.5 53.9 56.9 site. peak construction period, quarterly Night time dB(A) 46.4 47.7 48.4 46.6 in other periods. 2018.11.30 Daytime dB(A) 55.2 54.2 56.1 52.8 Night time dB(A) 47.6 46.6 46.0 44.3 4. Soil and Removal of All sites Visual inspection Sewers Construction sites for the sewers and EMERC are reclaimed vegetation and Vegetation weekly Dagu Canal area. There are no native vegetation and no soil pollution. exposed surface EMERC Native vegetation of Dagu Canal estuary is good.

5. Chlorophyll a, 1~3 locations 1 sample was Estuary rehabilitation Biodiversity phytoplankton, around the taken in each zooplankton and sampling; subproject has been zoobenthos construction two samplings completed. Monitoring (breakwater and site in the (spring and Dagu Canal Chlorophylla mg/m3 during construction has Estuary Bohai Gulf autumn) in a year been completed in the Rehabilitation first half of the year. subproject)

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24 The monitoring table above is for on-going construction projects. In accordance with EMP, PMO will strictly require the IAs and supervision units, to implement environmental impact mitigation measures and environmental monitoring according to EMP, and control the environmental impact to an acceptable level. 25 Compared with the Surface Water Environment Standards (GB3838-2002), the COD one of the 2 positions on Dagu River was 65.3 mg/L, which is more than Class V standard. The water environment meets Class V standard. Among the 4 positions on Hai River estuary, COD at 2 positions were close Class V standard. The pollutant concentration did not vary much by comparison of pollutants upstream and downstream of the construction sites. Conclusion can be drawn that the construction did not pose obvious negative impacts after taking proper mitigation measures by contractors. 26 During construction, TSP at both upwind and downwind of construction site of all 3 3 subcomponents were lower than 0.3 mg/m ; PM10 were lower than 0.15 mg/m , both meet Class II standard in Ambient Air Quality Standards (GB3095-2012), which indicates that the construction did not affect the air condition significantly.

27 The daytime noise level around the construction site were 45.3～58.6 dB(A), noise level at night were 45.0～48.4 dB(A), both were within the limits set out in Emission Standard of Environment Noise for Boundary of Construction Site (GB 12523-2011) (daytime 70dB(A), night-time 55dB(A)). Therefore, construction did not affect the noise condition significantly. 28 The destroyed vegetation will be repaired promptly by contractors and supervision units, as required by PMO, according to the requirements in EMP.

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Table 4 Implementation of Environmental Monitoring （Operation phase）

Monitoring Parameter Position Time and frequency Monitoring Monitoring data project points C． Operation (compliance monitoring) 1. Surface COD, SS, Petroleum, Heavy 1 location on the 2 samples were collected at each Dagu canal COD mg/L 49.1 Metal (WWTP, Wetland, water Dagu River, 1 sampling event, one sampling event 01# SS mg/L 28 ERC and Estuary Rehabilitation subproject). location on the Hai was conducted at each point, and Chloride mg/L 8.07×103 River estuary, 2 once a year Petroleum mg/L 0.01 locations on the Manganese μg / L 65.6 Bohai Bay Nickel μg / L 16.2 Copper μg / L 1.34 Zinc μg / L 43 Cadmium μg / L 0.07 Lead μg / L 0.72 Arsenic μg / L 3.9 Mercury μg / L ＜0.04 Hai River COD mg/L 32.6 Estuary 01# SS mg/L 32 Chloride mg/L 9.90×103 Petroleum mg/L 0.02 Manganese μg / L 57.2 Nickel μg / L 14.0 Copper μg / L 2.24 Zinc μg / L 18.6 Cadmium μg / L 0.09 Lead μg / L 0.32

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Arsenic μg / L 3.3 Mercury μg / L ＜0.04 COD, SS, Petroleum 2 positions in Bohai Once a year Bohai Bay 01# COD mg/L 34.2 32.8 (windbreak) Bay SS mg/L 14 12 Petroleum mg/L 0.14 0.12 Bohai Bay 02# COD mg/L 41.9 40.8 SS mg/L 11 11 Petroleum mg/L 0.12 0.12 2. Groundwat Salinity, groundwater level one monitoring One sampling at each well. Once a Monitoring 1.02×104 TDS er (wetland subproject) wells at the year well of the upstream and wetland 22 ℃ downstream of the upstream wetland each Monitoring 8.48×103 TDS well of the wetland 22 ℃ downstream 3. Air Quality NH3,H2S, Odor The site with peak 2 samples were taken at each Wetland 1# Odor concentration ﹤10 (WWTP, Wetland concentration of sampling; (dimensionless) 4 samplings were taken at every two subproject) odor at the hours in one day1. Hydrogen sulfide (mg 0.002 boundary of the Once a year. / m3) 0.003 WWTP/Wetland or 0.003 at the boundary of 0.004 the buffer belt. Ammonia (mg / m3) 0.09 0.14

1 Discharge standard of pollutants for municipal wastewater treatment plant.

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0.13 0.08 Wetland 2# Odor concentration ﹤10 (dimensionless) Hydrogen sulfide (mg 0.003 / m3) 0.003 0.003 0.003 Ammonia (mg / m3) 0.09 0.11 0.09 0.17 4. Soil and Quality of preventive All sites Visual inspections Wetland The vegetation of Wetland Park coverage of Breakwater more than 80%, the vegetation in good Vegetation works, vegetation survival condition. and coverage rate, site Breakwater vegetation cover is good, no survey and/or standard pollution situation of soil. measurement of soil erosion during rainy season. 5. Biodiversity Chlorophyll a, 3 locations around 2 samples (spring and autumn) at the Breakwater Chlorophyl 1# 18 phytoplankton, the construction location; once a year in the first two l a ug/m3 zooplankton and 2# 15 zoobenthos site in the Bohai years after the completion of the (Sep) (Breakwater and Estuary Gulf project. 3# 25 Rehabilitation subproject) Estuary Chlorophyl 1# 10 l a ug/m3(Sep

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) 6. Eutrophicat Nitrogen, phosphorus and One location in the Whenever there is a tendency of Wetla July TP mg/L 0.20 density of the algae algae bloom. ion wetland cell. nd TN mg/L 2.82 (wetland subproject) Augu TP mg/L 0.20 st TN mg/L 3.61 Septe TP mg/L 0.10 mber TN mg/L 1.98 Octo TP mg/L 0.06 ber TN mg/L 1.90 7. Flooding Flood levels monitoring Coastal area in Monthly Tianjin Ocean Administration provides annual Northern tide tables breakwater location

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29 Through statistical analysis of the surface water environmental quality monitoring data within Table 4, and compared with Seawater Quality Standards" (GB3097-1997), it shows that the Petroleum and SS are lower than the standard limits of Class III standard of seawater and the COD is higher than Class IV standard. The comprehensive assessment of the water quality of Bohai Bay water shows it is still below Class IV standard of seawater quality. In addition, compared with the results of heavy metal detection in Dagu canal and Haihe Estuary, the level of pollution indicators did not change significantly, indicating that this estuarine reconstruction construction did not significantly affect the environmental quality of downstream waters, the implementation of various pollution prevention and control measures was appropriate. 30 Through the statistical analysis of the air quality monitoring data within above table, it shows that the sampling results of the pollutants H2S, NH3, and odor in the air of wetland park were much lower than the limits of the control standard for the Standard of 3 3 Odor-causing Pollutants in Tianjin (DB12 / 059-95) (NH3 1.5mg / m , H2S 0.03mg / m , odor concentration 20), which suggests that the wetland subproject has no significant adverse impact on the surrounding environment during its operation. 31 According to the analysis of 4 testing results on TP and TN of wetland in above table, the TP concentrations of wetland are 0.20mg/L, 0.20mg/L, 0.10mg/L, 0.06mg/L respectively, which are lower than the Class III limits (0.2mg/L) of Environmental Quality Standard for Surface Water (GB3838-2002), thus it is classified as Class III; while the TP concentrations are 2.82mg/L, 3.61mg/L, 1.98mg/L, 1.90mg/L respectively, which are close or higher than 2.0mg/L, and cannot meet the Class V standard, and There is no significant improvement from previous reports. Therefore, it is suggested that more attention should be given to the operation of wetland in the future. 32 According to inspection of the landscape of wetland, the plantation coverage is above 80% and the plants growth is in good condition.

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6. Strengthening the Environmental Management System and Capability’s Building 33 In general, the construction of the Project is undertaken by contractors, supervised by construction supervision companies and managed by the IAs. In order to fulfil the tasks of the Project, all relevant agencies designated special personnel to be responsible for environmental management, monitoring, and supervision. Their responsibilities and interactive cooperation are clearly defined in the established system. There are two IAs under the Project, namely Harbour Industrial Park Construction and Development Company (HIPCDC) and Tianjin Lingang Port Group Company (TLPGC). The structure for the environmental management is shown in Figure 2 below. The environmental management system has been improved and strengthened progressively in this report period. All awarded civil contractors have been managed with personnel designated for environmental management, monitoring, supervising and reporting for the components under construction. 34 The assignment of environmental management institution and staff is show in Table 5. Figure 2 Environmental Management System Structure Diagram

Leading ADB Group

environmental Project office protection organ

IA Consultant

External monitoring Supervision contractor mechanism mechanism

Management Consultation Guidance Cooperation coordination feedback

Table 5 Environmental Management Arrangement and Personnel

Municipal TEPB agencies Executive director: Sun Ren Environmental Monitor Center: Deng Xiaowen TBNA TBNA EPB Environmental monitor station: Li Jiajun EA Tianjin Port Free Trade Zone Administrative Commission ( TPFTZAC ) TPFTZAC leader: Yin Xiaoge PMO：Liu Xiuli IAs TLPGC Corporate environmental responsible person: Zhai Zhengqiu Storm-surge Disaster Reduction environment responsible person: Xu Changchun TLCDC Corporate environmental responsible person: Gu Xiujun Wetland Ecosystem Restoration subproject environment responsible person: Wen Tie

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Emergency management center of environmental responsible person: Wang Gaoliang WWTP environmental responsible person: Wang Hongguang Dagu Canal Banks Improvement Works: Zhang Yan 35 The implementation of institutional strengthening and training listed in Environment Management Plan is showed in Table 6. Table 6 Institutional Strengthening and Training Strengthening Target Agencies/ Contents Implementation Activities Attendees Institutional PMO, PIO, POC, • Defining institutional Completed Strengthening TEPD arrangements for environmental management, monitoring, and supervision • Defining positions and responsibilities for each position. • Appointing and recruiting personnel

PMO, PIO, POC, • Recruiting and Completed TEPD contracting EMCC for internal environmental management consultancy and monitoring

Environmental PIO, POC, • Developing Completed Management Clauses EMCC/PMO, environmental and Protocols TEPD, management clauses and incorporating them into construction and operational contracts • Developing/refining environmental monitoring protocols • Developing environmental emergency response procedures

Monitoring equipment PMO, PIO, POC, • Procurement of lab Completed TEPD equipment for environmental monitoring.

Training Environmental Laws, PMO, PIO, POC, • Environmental laws and Basic Regulations and Policies contractors regulations environmental • Environmental policies management and plans training was held • Basic environmental in 2016, staff management from Safety and

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• Environmental Environment emergency response Bureau participated in lecture trainings for PRC Environmental Protection Tax Law in Oct, 2017, Environmental Protection Ordinance for Construction Projects in Nov, 2017, and Laws for Water Pollution Control, Interim Measures for the Acceptance of Environmental Protection for Construction Projects in Dec, 2017. Other trainings will be held in 2018 EMP Implementation PMO, EMCC, • Responsibility and duties Completed PIO/POC, for project construction, contractors management and environmental protection • Tasks of environmental protection in the project construction • Key environmental protection contents in project construction • EMP improvement, corrective actions and settlement of disputes.

Environmental PIO/POC, EMCC, • Monitoring and Completed Monitoring, Inspection contractors inspection methods, data and Reporting collection and processing, interpretation of data, reporting system • Environmental reporting requirements

Environmental PIO/POC, EMCC, • Engineering Progressing. Technologies and contractors technologies, pollution Selection and Equipment control equipment part of selection and procurement for procurement monitoring

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equipment has already been completed for EMERC. Equipment selection and part of procurement has also been completed for WWTP. Advanced PMO, PIO/POC • Study the basics of Training on Training on Wastewater theory and practice, Wastewater Treatment, river • Training on the Treatment has management, wetland international experiences been completed, park management, and best practices including training breakwater • Operation, control and in Hong Kong in management, ERC maintenance May, 2017, management. management training in Yunnan and Guangxi Provinces in Sept and Training in Qinghai and Ningxia Provinces. Trainings in Europe and Japan will be held in 2018. The rest training plan is under preparation and will be implemented in 2018 and 2019. Community-Environmen PIO/POC, • Water savings See paragraph tal and Hygiene contractors • 3R’s (reduce, reuse, 33-35. Awareness Program recycle) • Wastewater minimization • Solid waste minimization • Community, household and personal hygiene

Environmental Facility PIO/POC, • Operation and Has been Operation and contractors maintenance of implemented for Maintenance environmental environmental facilities Wetland and facility • Safety operation Breakwater managers, regulations subcomponents • Equipment management and emergency response procedures

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36 Reduction of water pollutants discharge: Sembcorp Wastewater Treatment Ltd. Co., and Tianjin Veolia Bohuayongli Water Affairs Ltd. Co. have completed the reconstruction projects, they will ensure water quality meet Discharge Standard of Pollutants for Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plant（DB12/599-2015）Class A Standard by January 1st, 2018. 37 TPFTZ Safety Commission fully played its monitoring role to make sure the enterprise entities to fulfill their responsibilities, by relying on monitoring by the city and district and professions from the intermediaries, to continuously implement various types of safety and environmental protection monitoring and reviews. Specific environment improvements including coal control actions, industrial pollution control, odor control for WWTP and dust control were implemented. Such actions further improved the environment quality for Lingang District, thereby comprehensive benefits have been achieved. 38 In the year of 2017, in the area of city appearance environment improvement, TPFTZ Social Development Bureau arranged the Integrated Law Enforcement and Environment Sanitation Departments to enhance the management for city appearance and environment protection orders, on the basis of daily cleaning and maintenances for city roads, to emphasis on cleaning for various types of garbage from unknown sources, to timely remove and clean pollution from construction; by enhancing environment sanitation, using 3 vertical and 4 horizontal Yingbing road network as the key area, by road cleaning inside Lingang District all day long; and by increase of the intensity for greening and landscaping. Meanwhile, Lingang District has also strengthened the ecological environment improvement this year, by taking specific actions including improving environment monitoring and warning system, and supervision and monitoring system, implementing air quality improvement and river water quality improvement, etc., ADB project “Environmental Monitoring and Emergency Control Management Center” was completed; city appearance improvements were implemented for key areas including demonstration roads improvement in 7 main roads including Huanghe Avenue and Bohai No.10 road; and intelligent equipment industrial park optimization; greening and beautifying for key areas was continuously been implemented; Lingang Ecological Wetland Park Phase II project was also initiated.

7. Project Benefit Wetland ecosystem rehabilitation 39 As of December 31, 2018, the wetland ecosystem subproject has been completed, and Tianjin Lingang Public Utilities Group Co., Ltd. has been entrusted to be responsible for operation and maintenance. The consultant learned that the current wetlands already have the functions of sewage treatment, ecological restoration and landscape effects. 40 The planning and construction of constructed wetland adheres to three concepts. One is the concept of ecological and environmental protection, which realizes the sewage treatment function. It will treat the Class I B sewage from Sewage treatment plant to Class IA through the wetland regulation pool, subsurface flow wetland, surface wetland and ecological grid. The advanced treated sewer will be used for landscape hydration and green irrigation water, and then minimize the discharge of pollutants into the Bohai Bay to achieve efficient recycling of water resources, thereby alleviate the pollution of the marine environment to realize sustainability of regional construction development. Second, adhere to the concept of ecological restoration to achieve regional ecological diversity, and improve the ecological environment of the coastal area. The third is to inherit the role of landscape leisure and realize the function of providing supporting services for the surrounding living areas. 41 At present, the daily sewage treatment capacity of constructed wetlands is 6,500 tons. The main water source is the drainage of Shengke Wastewater Treatment Plant. The effluent that meets Class I A standard after treatment and will be mainly used for landscape. In the future, with the completion and putting into operation of the sewage treatment plant in the project, the

Environment Monitoring Report No. 10 sewage treatment capacity will gradually reach 15,000 tons/day, and the treated water will be used for regional ecological water supply and landscape greening, and accelerate the process of ecological restoration. The wetland water area can alleviate the urban heat island effect in coastal areas. 42 The water area of the wetland is 170,000 square meters. A total of 184,000 trees with 120 species are planted, including more than 29,000 arbors and 155,000 shrubs. There are 35 varieties of perennial flowers with an area of 27,000 square meters. It attracts a large number of birds including legacy, Trachybaptus ruficollis, golden pelican, astragalus, red-footed pelican, black-tailed, black-winged long-legged, etc., which greatly enriches the regional ecological diversity. 43 Constructed wetlands are currently open to the public free of charge. In 2018, the public received more than 10,000 visits, which became an entertainment place for leisure and relaxation in the region. It also hosted a number of environmental work visitors in Tianjin and China. In addition, it also organized some activities such as the Green Run and the Photo Contest, which gained remarkable social benefits. Storm-surge Disaster Reduction and EMERC 44 A storm-surge disaster prevention wall of 2972m has been constructed in April 2013, the elevation of the embankment is 5.5m and covers an area of 32.9 hectares. It minimizes potential risks and damage caused by storm surges, and provides safe and efficient working conditions for Lingang area. The frequency of major disasters caused by storm surges in the port area was reduced to 2%. 45 95% of the Environmental Monitoring and Emergency Management Center has been completed. The civil work engineering and most of the goods procurement contracts have been completed. The owner, Lingang Construction and Development Company will serve as the emergency center management platform and purchase qualified third-party companies to take charge of the property service, maintenance of environmental protection equipment and maintenance of other equipment. 46 The establishment of the Environmental Monitoring and Emergency Management Center will enable the region to conduct timely and accurate detection and analysis, qualitative judgment, hazard analysis, pollution removal, and information feedback on the time of sudden environmental pollution, and form an effective working mechanism. 47 With the completion and handover of the project, the consultant will continue to pay attention to and evaluate the functions of the Environmental Monitoring and Emergency Management Center and the benefits of the project.

8. Conclusions and Suggestions 48 It is concluded from the monitoring data that the impacts of the subcomponents which under construction are minor and meet relevant standards after taking mitigation measures according to EMP, impact is within acceptable level 49 Subcomponents under operation are working well and meet the designed values. Impacts of operation are minor and no adverse environmental impacts have been caused on surrounding areas. 50 IAs have finished the design and procurement of some contracts for Wastewater Treatment, part of sewers and drainage pipelines, and EMERC. There are 4 civil works contracts under construction. During project preparation stage, attentions should be given to the integration of mitigation measure implementation and environmental management. As the contractor is determined, PMO and the project management departments should strengthen the training for the contractors and supervision companies to enhance their awareness of environmental

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Appendix WWTP photos

Cover the site and construction material Wear safety helmet

Watering Install the guard railing for the distribution box

Cover the site Watering cart and equipment

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Washing equipment Safety bulletin