Environmental Monitoring Report Project Number: 44036-013 January 2020 PRC: Anhui Chao Lake Environmental Rehabilitation Project (No.11) Prepared by: Chao Lake Project Management Office For Hefei Municipal Government and Hefei Environment Protection Bureau 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. ADB Loan - 2941 11th external Environmental Anhui Chao Lake Environmental Rehabilitation Project Monitoring Report Environmental Monitoring Report Project Number: 44036 January 2020 People’s Republic of China: Anhui Chao Lake Environmental Rehabilitation Project Prepared by Chao Lake Project Management Office (Chao Lake Management Authority) for the Hefei Municipal Government, Hefei Environment Protection Bureau, and the ADB. ADB Loan - 2941 11th external Environmental Anhui Chao Lake Environmental Rehabilitation Project Monitoring Report Contents Ⅰ.INTRODUCTION TO BACKGROUND ........................................................................................................ 1 A.Report Purposes ........................................................................................................................... 1 B.Project Objective and Components .............................................................................................. 1 C.Project Implementation Progress ................................................................................................. 3 II. PERFORMANCE STATE ...................................................................................................................... 11 Ⅲ INSTITUTIONAL SETUP AND RESPONSIBILITIES FOR EMP IMPLEMENTATION AND SUPERVISION12 D.Institutional responsibilities for environmental management .................................................... 12 E. Incorporation of Environmental Requirements into Project Contractual Arrangements ........... 14 Ⅳ. COMPLIANCE WITH ENVIRONMENT RELATED PROJECT COVENANTS .............................................. 15 V. ENVIRONMENTAL MITIGATION AND COMPENSATION MEASURES IMPLEMENTED IN THE REPORTING PERIOD .................................................................................................................................................... 20 Ⅵ SUMMARY OF ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING .................................................................................. 23 F. Monitoring plan and responsibilities .......................................................................................... 23 G.Environmental quality sampling and analytical methods........................................................... 24 H.Environmental Baseline Monitoring Results in 2011/2011 ....................................................... 25 I. Monitoring Results ..................................................................................................................... 28 Ⅶ PUBLIC CONSULTATION AND GRIEVANCE REDRESS STATUS ........................................................ 31 Ⅷ INSTITUTIONAL STRENGTHENING AND TRAINING .......................................................................... 34 Ⅸ PROGRESS OF IMMIGRANT ................................................................................................................ 37 ⅩKEY ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES AND NEXT-STEP ACTION PLAN ........................................................ 39 J. Key Issues Identified .................................................................................................................. 39 K. Action Plan of Environmental Monitoring &Evaluation (M&E) In 2nd Half In 2019 ............. 39 Ⅺ CONCLUSION ...................................................................................................................................... 41 L.Overall Progress of Implementation of Environmental Management Measures ........................ 41 M.Problems Identified and Actions Recommended ...................................................................... 41 APPENDICES ............................................................................................................................................ 43 APPENDIX 1 APPLICABLE ENVIRONMNETAL STANDARDS .............................................. 44 APPENDIX 2 ...................................................................................................................................... 47 APPENDIX 3 ........................................................................................................................................ 58 APPENDIX 4 Environmental Monitoring Program ........................................................................ 87 January, 2020 1 ADB Loan - 2941 11th external Environmental Anhui Chao Lake Environmental Rehabilitation Project Monitoring Report List of Tables Table 3- 1 Updated Environmental Management Responsibility Matrix…………………… 12 Table 3- 2 The contact persons and their numbers of implementation companies ………… 13 Table 4- 1 Compliance with Environment Related Project Covenants………………… ……15 Table 4-2 Surface Water Quality Classification of State Control Surface Water Quality Monitoring Point of Chao Lake Basin in 2010, 2014 and 2017…… 16 Table 4- 3Follow Up To The MOU of Last ADB Mission (May of 2015)……………………18 Table 5- 1 Environmental Management Performance Indicators prior to onstruction… 20 Table 5- 2 Monitoring Indicators of Mitigation Measures and their Relevant Standard…… 21 Table 6- 1 Standard Analysis Methods and standard code for evaluation………………… 24 Table 6-2 Wastewater Treatment Plant Effluent Quality Monitoring Results………………… 28 Table 6-3Action plan of environmental monitoring and assessment in the second half of 2019…………………………………………………………………………………………… 29 Table 7- 1 Registration form of complaints and appeals of resettlement of inhabitants… 33 Table 7- 2 Public Consultation Plan in the Next Reporting Period…………………………… 33 Table 8- 1 Implementation status of Institutional Strengthening and training plans… 35 Table 10— 1 Action Plan for Environmental M&E in2019………………………………… 40 Table 11— 1 Suggestions And Recommendations………………………………… ……… 41 January, 2020 2 ADB Loan - 2941 11th external Environmental Anhui Chao Lake Environmental Rehabilitation Project Monitoring Report Map 1: Chao Lake Project January, 2020 4 ADB Loan - 2941 11th external Environmental Anhui Chao Lake Environmental Rehabilitation Project Monitoring Report Ⅰ.Introduction to Background A.Report Purposes As defined in the domestic EIAs and consolidated environmental impact assessment (CEIA) for Anhui Chao Lake Environmental Rehabilitation Project Prepared (the Project) under ADB Loan, semi-annual environmental monitoring reports (EMR) have to be prepared by the borrower in order to evaluate and assess overall project activities to ensure the effective implementation of the environmental management plan (EMP). 1.The purpose of this eleventh EMR is to document the environmental management activities and compliance with the approved EMP of this project as baseline by 31stDecember 2019. This report is prepared in accordance with the environmental monitoring program as part of the environmental management plan (EMP). As the eleventh external EMR, it will not only cover the construction phase, but also demonstrate compliance with the EMP for the design, bidding, and construction preparation stages. In line with targets aimed at reducing the negative environmental impacts of the Project and in accordance with all the relevant specifications and standards of the PRC, as well as the policies of the ADB(ADB), this report will emphasize: (i) progress made in implementing the EMP, (ii) implementation of mitigation measures, (iii) environmental compliance, (iv) institutional strengthening and training, (v) public consultation, and (vi) problems that have occurred and corrective actions taken. 2.This report is prepared by the CLPMO (Chao Lake Management Authority). The monitoring plan was updated on the basis of discussion with HEPB. B.Project Objective and Components 3. Project Objective This project area is comprised of Hefei City, Lu'an City, Changfeng County, Chaohu City (dominated by Hefei), Feidong County, Feixi County, Hanshan county (which is under the jurisdiction of Ma'anshan City), Lujiang County (dominated by Hefei) and Wuwei County (dominated by Wuhu). Twenty years ago, Chao Lake was chosen by the Chinese Government to be the priority at the state level for the pollution control. With its particular geographic location, economic development puts substantial pressures on the environment; the volume of discharge of major pollutants has exceeded the capacity of the water environment and caused water quality degradation. This unfavorable situation is ongoing. Currentlyfiftypresent(50%)of the water quality monitoring sites are Grade-V or below of PRC Nation Surface Water Quality Standard. The water quality ofChao lake should be a Grade-IV. The major pollutants are those which cause eutrophication such as nitrogen (N)and phosphorous(P), which results the lake aseasonally occurring serious blue algae problem. The government realizes that the final solution to the water quality problem in Chao