Environmental Monitoring Report Project Number: 43025-013 July 2018 PRC: Gansu Tianshui Urban Infrastructure Development Project Prepared by Tianshui Project Management Office for Tianshui Municipal Government, Tianshui Environment Protection Bureau, 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. # 10 Semi-annual Report July 2018 (through January to June 2018) People’s Republic of China: Gansu Tianshui Urban Infrastructure Development Project Prepared by Tianshui Project Management Office(Tianshui Urban Construction and Investment Co.) for the Tianshui Municipal Government, Tianshui Environment Protection Bureau, 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. ADB Loan - 2760 10th External Environmental Gansu Tianshui Urban Infrastructure Development Project Monitoring Report ABBREVIATIONS ADB = Asian Development Bank BOD5 = Biochemical Oxygen Demand In Five Days CEIA = Consolidated Environmental Impact Assessment CHP = Combined Heat And Power CO2 = Carbon Dioxide CODcr = Chemical Oxygen Demand CSC = Construction Supervision Company EA = Executing Agency EIA = Environmental Impact Assessment EMP = Environmental Management Plan ERP = Environmentally Responsible Procurement EMU = Environmental Management Unit GEPB = Gansu Environment Protection Bureau GRM = Grievance Redress Mechanism HES = Heat Exchange Stations IA = Implementing Agency LIEC = Loan Implementation Environmental Specialist MEE = Ministry of Ecology and Environment NH3-N = Ammonia Nitrogen NO2 = Nitrogen Dioxide PM10 = Particulate Matter Smaller Than 10 Micrometers PPCU = Project Public Complaints Unit PPMS = Project Performance Management System PPTA = Project Preparatory Technical Assistance PRC = People’s Republic Of China SEPP = Soil Erosion Protection Plan SO2 = Sulfur Dioxide SPS = Safeguard Policy Statement TEMC = Tianshui Environmental Monitoring Center TEPB = Tianshui Environment Protection Bureau TMG = Tianshui Municipal Government TN = Total Nitrogen TP = Total Phosphorus TPMO = Tianshui Project Management Office TSP = Total Suspended Particle TUCIC = Tianshui Urban Construction And Investment Group Co. Ltd. TWRB = Tianshui Water Resource Bureau II ADB Loan - 2760 10th External Environmental Gansu Tianshui Urban Infrastructure Development Project Monitoring Report Basic Information Borrower People’s Republic of China Classification Target classification: general intervention (more indirectly addressing poverty reduction) Sector (subsectors): multisector – municipal infrastructure, transport and communications, energy (other municipal services: energy utility services and urban transport) Themes (subthemes): economic growth, environmental sustainability, capacity development (promoting economic efficiency, institution and organizational development, and urban environmental improvement) Climate changes: mitigation and adaptation Location impact: urban (high) A. Qinzhou district heating network (being implemented). B. Chengji road and flood control facilities (completed and being Description of commissioned). Project Outputs C. Urban roads and bridges (completed and being commissioned). D. Capacity development and institutions strengthening (being implemented). Environment A Assessment Involuntary A Resettlement Indigenous People C Assessment Period of Estimated until 30 September 2018 Implementation Estimated Project 31 December 2018 Completion Date Executing Agency Tianshui Municipal Government III ADB Loan - 2760 10th External Environmental Gansu Tianshui Urban Infrastructure Development Project Monitoring Report (at construction stage); including seven (7) civil works contract packages: Component A: Qinzhou district heating network CH1 to CH7 (site construction status see photos in below page); and associated facility (Qinzhou district heating supply plant) IV ADB Loan - 2760 10th External Environmental Gansu Tianshui Urban Infrastructure Development Project Monitoring Report CH1- contract just signed, CH2- 98% completed, 200m CH3- 95% completed, 180m CH4- 92% completed, to fully HES civil works under branch pipe remained, and to trunk pipe and some branch complete by August 2018 construction, and to fully fully complete by August 2018 pipes remained,, to fully complete by October 2018 complete by August 2018 CH5- 70% completed, 3 km CH6- started construction in CH7- under bidding process, Associated facility-Qinzhou remained, to fully complete by May, 800m pipes or 10% to start construction in August district heating source plant- August 2018 works completed, and to fully 2018, and to fully complete by main structure completed, complete by August 2018 October 2018 commissioned in 2017/2018 heating season, and other ancillary facilities under construction V ADB Loan - 2760 10th External Environmental Gansu Tianshui Urban Infrastructure Development Project Monitoring Report Component B-Chengji road and flood control facilities and Component C- Tianshui urban transport improvement (both at commission stage), site operation status see photos in below page VI ADB Loan - 2760 10th External Environmental Gansu Tianshui Urban Infrastructure Development Project Monitoring Report C01(K0+000~K3+250) C02 Sunjiaping bridge C03(K3+650~K7+000) C04(K7+000~K10+360) C05 Xiakou Bridge C06 Maiji District New Road Network C07 Shuangqiao bridge C08 Shetang bridge C09-Chiyu Road VII ADB Loan - 2760 10th External Environmental Gansu Tianshui Urban Infrastructure Development Project Monitoring Report Report Structure Chapter 3-Loan covenants &review mission requirements Compliance review Chapter 4-Mitigation measures Chapter 1-Project introduction Chapter 5-Field survey Chapter 8-Corrective and monitoring, results action plans Chapter 2-Proponent assessment environmental management responsibilities Chapter 9-Conclusions Chapter 6-Institutional recommendations development Chapter 7-Public consultation and GRM EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This Semi-Annual Environmental Monitoring Report (EMR) describes the environmental monitoring and mitigation measures undertaken with regard to the domestic Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) reports, the Consolidated Environmental Impact Assessment (CEIA) and the revised EMP provisions during the implementation period from January to June 2018 of the Gansu Tianshui Urban Infrastructure Development Project (“the Project”). In this report we briefly provide: (i) documentation review and compliance with environmental regulations; (ii) environmental institutional structure and responsibility; (iii) mitigation measures undertaken to minimize adverse environmental impacts arising from the construction of the Project facilities;(iv)environmental monitoring and status of ambient environmental quality; and (v) conclusions and recommendations. As of 30 June 2018, the Project is assessed to be some 90% complete overall. In this reporting period, the mitigation measures and monitoring program were generally carried out satisfactorily. Attention has been paid on water, air quality and noise control, soil erosion protection, etc. Through the implementation of these measures, the destruction to the environment has been lowered to a minimum level possible during construction. However, to some certain extent there were still unavoidable impacts on the environment. Some recommendations are put forward to make improvement on environmental protection in the next reporting period. Particularly, more efforts are required on traffic control and demolition of small boilers during heating network component implementation, flood prevention facilities maintenance (for details please see Section 5.2.1) as well as road operation safety and vegetation restoration upon completion of road &bridge civil works contracts under components B and C. ADB Loan - 2760 10th External Environmental Gansu Tianshui Urban Infrastructure Development Project Monitoring Report Table of Contents ABBREVIATIONS II BASIC INFORMATION III TABLE OF CONTENTS IX LIST OF TABLES X 1. INTRODUCTION 1 1.1 Report Purpose and Rationale 1 1.2 Project Background, Objective and Components 1 1.3 Project Implementation Progress 3 2. PROPONENT’S ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES 6 2.1 Institutional Responsibilities for Environmental Management 6 2.2 Environmentally Responsible Procurement (ERP) 12 3. COMPLIANCE WITH ENVIRONMENT RELATED PROJECT COVENANTS 13 4. ENVIRONMENTAL MITIGATIONS AND COMPENSATION MEASURES IMPLEMENTED IN THE REPORTING PERIOD 29 5. SUMMARY OF FIELD SURVEY AND ASSESSMENT 34 5.1 Monitoring plan and responsibilities 34 5.2 Monitoring Results 44 6. INSTITUTIONAL STRENGTHENING AND TRAINING 58 7. PUBLIC CONSULTATION