Environmental Monitoring Report Semestral Report Project Number: 44019-013 June 2020 PRC: Hubei Huangshi Urban Pollution Control and Environmental Management Project Prepared by SGS-CSTC Standards Technical Services Co., Ltd. & SGS China Co., Ltd. for the Huangshi Municipal Government 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 Director, 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. External Environment Monitor Project Number：44019 Consulting Services Contract No: Loan 2940 P-CB03 Jun 2020 PRC: Hubei Huangshi Urban Pollution Control and Environmental Management Project Semi-Annual External Environmental Monitoring Report （Mar 2020 - June 2020） Submitted to: Asian Development Bank Huangshi Asian Development Bank Project Management Office Prepared by: SGS-CSTC Standards Technical Services Co., Ltd. SGS China Co., Ltd. ADB Loan 2940 P-CB03: Hubei Huangshi Urban Pollution Control and Environmental Management Project - External Environment Monitor Semi-Annual External Environmental Monitoring Report（2020.Mar-2020.June） TABLE OF CONTENT 1. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................. 1 1.1 REPORT OBJECTIVES ................................................................................................................ 1 1.2 PROJECT BACKGROUND AND GOALS ....................................................................................... 2 1.3 SUBPROJECT INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................... 4 1.4 PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION PROGRESS ................................................................................... 9 2. EMP IMPLEMENTATION AGENCY ESTABLISHMENT AND RESPONSIBILITIES ......................................................................................................................... 15 2.1 RESPONSIBILITIES OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AGENCIES ...................................... 15 2.2 ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING ............................................................................................ 21 2.3 INSTITUTIONAL STRENGTHENING ......................................................................................... 21 2.4 ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENTS IN CONTRACTS ................................................................ 21 3. COMPLIANCE WITH ENVIRONMENTAL RELATED PROJECT COVENANTS 23 4. IMPLEMENTATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT MITIGATION MEASURES 24 5. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING PLANS AND RESPONSIBILITIES ................ 41 5.1 ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING RESPONSIBILITIES .............................................................. 41 5.2 TARGET OF ENVIRONMENTAL QULIATY AND METHODS FOR SAMPLING AND ANALYSIS .... 41 5.3 ARRANGEMENT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING .......................................................... 43 5.4 CONTENTS OF MONITORING .................................................................................................. 43 5.5 RESULTS OF MONITORING ..................................................................................................... 49 6. PUBLIC CONSULTATION AND COMPLAINTS ......................................................... 84 7. INSTITUTIONAL STRENGTHENING AND TRAINING ............................................ 86 8. KEY ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES .................................................................................. 90 8.1 KEY ENVIORNMENTAL ISSUES AND PROPOSED CORRECTIVE ACTIONS ................................. 90 9. CONCLUSION .................................................................................................................. 108 LIST OF TABLES Table 1.1 Detailed Project Scope of Each Subproject 5 Table 1.2 Implementation Progress of all contracts under this Project (Up to June 2020) 10 Table 1.3 Fact Sheet of the 4 works contracts that have been procured (Till June 2020) 11 Table 2.1 Information of dedicated environmental management correspondents (Till March 2020) 16 i Mar 2020 ADB Loan 2940 P-CB03: Hubei Huangshi Urban Pollution Control and Environmental Management Project - External Environment Monitor Semi-Annual External Environmental Monitoring Report（2020.Mar-2020.June） Table 3.1 Environmental Related Project Covenants Compliance Status 23 Table 4.1 Potential Environmental Impacts and Mitigation Measures at Design and Preconstruction Phase 24 Table 4.2 Potential Environmental Impact and Mitigation Measures (at Construction Stage) 27 Compared with the requirements in the EMP, the implementation of the mitigation measures during the operation phase of the project is shown in Table 4.3 below； 36 Table 4.3 Potential Environmental Impact and Mitigation Measures (at Operational phase of the project) 36 Table 4.4 Municipal solid waste collection and transportation system, potential environmental impacts and mitigation measures (At Project operational phase) 38 Table 5.1 Environmental standards that applicable to this project 42 Table 5.2 The summarized completed contents of the environmental monitoring- project construction monitoring 43 Table 5.3 The monitoring results summarized 50 Table 6.1 Public Consultation Plan 84 Table 7.1 Institutional Strengthening and Training Program 86 Table 7.2 List of Upcoming Training Plans 88 Table 8.1 Main environmental issues and rectification suggestions for each subproject 90 ii Mar 2020 ADB Loan 2940 P-CB03: Hubei Huangshi Urban Pollution Control and Environmental Management Project - External Environment Monitor Semi-Annual External Environmental Monitoring Report（2020.Mar-2020.June） ABBREVIATION ADB = Asian Development Bank AFS = Audited Financial Statements DMF = Design and Monitoring Framework EIA = Environmental Impact Assessment EMP = Environmental Management Plan EPB = Environmental protection bureau FMA = Financial management assessment GACAP = Governance and Anticorruption Action Plan GAP = Gender Action Plan GIS = Geographic Information System HMG = Huangshi Municipal Government HPG = Hubei Provincial Government HPFD = Huangshi Provincial Finance Bureau HPMO = Huangshi Project Management Office HUCIDC = Huangshi Urban Construction Investment and Development Company Ltd. IARS = Imprest Account Reconciliation Statement ICB = International Competitive Bidding ICS = Individual Consultant Selection LAR = Land Acquisition and Resettlement LIBOR = London Interbank Offered Rate NCB = National Competitive Bidding NGOs = Nongovernment Organizations PAI = Project Administration Instructions PAM = Project Administration Manual PCA = Procurement Capacity Assessment PIU = Project Implementation Unit PMO = Project Management Office PPMS = Project Performance Management System PRC = People’s Republic of China PSA = Poverty and Social Assessment QBS = Quality Based Selection QCBS = Quality-and-Cost Based Selection RRP = Report and Recommendation of the President to the Board SBD = Standard Bidding Documents SDAP = Social Development Action Plan SOE = Statement of Expenditure SPS = Safeguard Policy Statement SPRSS = Summary Poverty Reduction and Social Strategy TOR = Terms of Reference WWTP = Wastewater Treatment Plant iii Mar 2020 ADB Loan 2940 P-CB03: Hubei Huangshi Urban Pollution Control and Environmental Management Project - External Environment Monitor Semi-Annual External Environmental Monitoring Report（2020Mar - 2020June） 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 REPORT OBJECTIVES The key objectives of this Assignment are to ensure the Project’s compliance with (i) all applicable local regulations and stations pertaining to environment, health and safety; (ii) ADB’s Safeguard Policy Statement (2009); and (3) all mitigation measures and recommendations specified in the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report and Environmental Management Plan (EMP) are implemented throughout the entire project implementation period that covers design, construction and operation phase. The Assignment will review and verify all environmental monitoring information from Huangshi Environmental Monitoring Station (HEMS), conduct independent field inspection, and to evaluate the implementation of EMP and identify any environment-related issues and necessary corrective actions. The 13th Semi-Annual External Environmental Monitoring (EEM) Report (hereafter referred to as “the Report”) is prepared by the consortium of SGS-CSTC Standards Technical Services Co., Ltd. and SGS China Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “SGS”). Due to the impact of the COVID epidemic, SGS performed the twelfth external environmental monitoring site inspection mission based on the communication with the Huangshi project office and representatives of various construction projects, as well as the project site pictures and third-party test report data to evaluate the implementation status of EMP requirements during this period. This report records the environmental management activities undertaken during the period of 2019.Mar-2020.June, covering from design and pre-construction stage of the subprojects and verify the environmental impacts and implementation status of mitigation measures, reduce negative environmental impacts and propose environmental improvement schemes.