Nu. of grade A certificate: 1038 JHB-09-P12Z1 Public Disclosure Authorized Guyaozi-Qingtongxia Liaison Line of National Trunk Road 211 Public Disclosure Authorized Environmental Impact Report Public Disclosure Authorized Entrusting unit: Ningxia Communication Department Prepared by: Environmental Protection Center ofthe Ministry of Transport March 2009 Public Disclosure Authorized No. of grade A certificate: 1038 JHB-09-PI2Z1 Guyaozi-Qingtongxia Liaison Line of National Trunk Road 211 Environmental Impact Report Entrusting unit: Department of Transportation of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region Prepared by: Environmental Protection Center of the Ministry of Transport March,2009 Certificate for Qualified Evaluator on Environmental Impacts of Construction Projects Name ofinstitution: Environmental Protection Center of the Ministry of Communications Dom ici Ie: No.1, back of Waiguan, And ingmen, Chaoyang District, Beijing Legal representative: Hu Xirun Certificate grade: Grade A Certificate No.: Certification of national environmental impact evaluation A No.1 038 Period of validity: To October 24,2010 Evaluation scope: Environmental impact report class-A: traffic and transportation * ** Environmental impact report class-environmental impact report table of general projects *** April 29, 2008 Guyaozi-Qingtongxia Liaison Line of National Trunk Road 211 Environmental Impact Report U nit: Environmental Protection Center of the Ministry of Transport Address: Room. 5001, building I, No. 10 yard, Hepinglidongjie St., Dongcheng Uist., Beijing Postal code:100013 TEL:O 10-65299758 Fax:010-58278968 Entrusting unit: Department of Transportation of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region Preparing organization of the report form Environmental Protection Center of the Ministry of Communications (certificate No.A 1038) China Academy of Transportation Sciences (certificate No.B 1028) Project director: Yu Chenyu and Wu Yurong Compiler: Name Special subject Certificate No. Signed General report and Yu Chenyu ecological AI0380002 -J-;r;G :i environment i 1';:-' Wu Yurong General report BI0280016 ttJ .~ Ecological Fu Zhengjun AI0380030 environment J4v~ Project analysis and .,~" Wang Jie BI0280002 ,"r [)./' public participation \ ':>7 Acoustic environment and scheme Zhang Lin AI0380034 comparison and :u- J1t- selection Aquatic environment .,f Gao Bei BI0280023 ~ and social environment «i0i~ Han Yanlai Ambient Air AI0380035 ~k~ Duan Yaping Soil erosion protection BI0280036 ~~ ~ lJr Monitoring unit: Wuzhong Environmental Monitoring Station Preface The project of national highway line 211 Guyaozi-Qingtongxia tie line highway is an important road section of "san zong jiu heng" (three south-north lines and nine east-west lines) highway network and is also the most convenient trunk highway connecting Yinchuan City with Xi'an City. With the rapid development of Ningdong Energy and Chemistry Industry Base and Taiyang Mountain Development Zone in Lingwu City, Wuzhong, as well Shanghaimiao Development Zone of Inner Mongolia, this area has become an important economic growth zone of Ningxia and the traffic volume will incn:ase. However, in this area, there is no high-efficiency, comfortable, safe highway transportation corridor and it fails to meet the requirements of increasing traffic volume and economic development of this area. This project is a forceful measure to complete the trunk highway network construction of the autonomous region and solve the contradiction between economic development and backward traffic infrastructure. The length of the recommended scheme is 78.8km in total.And the whole Guyaozi-Qingtongxia tie line is constructed according to standards of fully-sealed, wholly-interchange four-land expressway with a designed speed of 100km/h and a subgrade width of 26.0m. The construction period of the project is four years from July 2009 to December 2012 and it shall be built and open to traffic in 2012, with a total estimate amount of3429.0 1 million Yuan, 43.515426 million Yuan per square kilometer. Entrusted by Ningxia Communications Department, Ningxia Highway Exploration & Design Institute Co., Ltd finished the Feasibility Study Report on National Highway Line 2JJ Guyaozi-Qingtongxia Tie Line Road Engineering in October 2008. In December 2008, in accordance with related laws and regulations of China, Ningxia Communications Department entrusted the Environment Protection Center of the Ministry of Communications and China Academy of Transportation Sciences of the Ministry of Communications to undertake the assessment of environmental impact of the project together. The environmental assessment group made the field exploration and data collection for proposed road respectively in July 2008 and March 2009 under the great assistance of Ningxia Communications Department, local communications bureau and Ningxia Highway Exploration & Design Institute Co., Ltd. Based on it, prepares the report on environmental impact according to Technical Guidelines for Environmental Impact Assessment and Specifications for Environmental Impact Assessment ofHighways. During the preparation of the report, we get great support and help from the units and leaders of Ningxia Communications Department, Ningxia Environmental Protection Bureau, Wuzhong City Communications Bureau, Wuzhong City Environmental Protection Bureau, Yinchuan City Environmental Protection Bureau, as well as the Communications Bureau, Environmental Protection Bureau, Land Resources Bureau, Development and Reform Commission, Tourism Bureau, Meteorological Bureau, Cultural Heritage Bureau, Agricultural Bureau of Yanchi County, Qingtongxia City, Litong District of Wuzhong City and Lingwu City, and Ningxia Highway Exploration & Design Institute Co., Ltd. We express our heartfelt thanks to them herein. Environmental assessment group of national highway line 211 Guyaozi-Qingtongxia tie line highway March 2009 CONTENTS CHAPTER t GENERAL INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................ 1 1.1 BACKGROUND AND SIGNIFICANCE OF PROJECT CONSTRUCTION .......................................................... .1 1.2 PURPOSE AND PRINCIPLE OF ASSESSMENT .............................................................................................. 1 1.2.1 Purpose of Assessment ......................................................................................................................... 1 1.2.2 Principles of Assessment ..................................................................................................................... .2 1.3 BASIS OF ASSESSMENT ............................................................................................................................ .3 1.3.1 National relevant Laws and Regulations ............................................................................................. .3 1.3.2 Local Regulations ................................................................................................................................ .4 1.3.3 Technical codes and standards ............................................................................................................. .5 1 3.4 Engineering Technical Document and other Document Basis .............................................................. 6 1.4 EVALUATION FACTORS, GRADE AND SCOPE ............................................................................................ 6 1 4.1 E valuation factors ................................................................................................................................. 6 14.2 Evaluating Grade .................................................................................................................................. 6 1.4.3 Scope of assessment ............................................................................................................................. 7 1.5 ENVIRONMENTAL FUNCTION DIVISION ................................................................................................... 8 1.5.1 Acoustic environment, ambient air ....................................................................................................... 8 1.5.2 Aquatic Environment. ........................................................................................................................ 8 1.6 EVALUATING STANDARDS ........................................................................................................................ 8 1.6.1 Acoustic environment ........................................................................................................................... 9 1.. 6.2 Surface Water Environment. ............................................................................................................... 10 1 6.3 Ambient Air ........................................................................................................................................ 10 1.6.4 Soil erosion assessment criteria .......................................................................................................... 12 1.7 ASSESSMENT CONTENT, KEY POINTS AND ASSESSMENT TIME PERIQD ............................................... 12 17.1 Assessment Content and Key Points .................................................................................................. 12 1.7.2 Assessment phasing ............................................................................................................................ 14 1.8 KEY ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OBJECTS .......................................................................................